diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3749821dc..a209c92d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.1.0.RC1</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml
index b1d327de7..344ebbf1d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.1.0.RC1</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka</artifactId>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Starter Stream Kafka</description>
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.1.0.RC1</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-0.10-test/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-0.10-test/pom.xml
index 495540370..4dfce2515 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-0.10-test/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-0.10-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.1.0.RC1</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-0.10-test</artifactId>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Stream Kafka Binder 0.10 Tests</description>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.1.0.RC1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.1.0.RC1</version>
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs/pom.xml
index ea0a0b2d1..0c0497fa9 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.1.0.RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs</artifactId>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.1.0.RC1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <profiles>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
index c4084fc9f..56c8222f9 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.1.0.RC1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>