diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f949c2ab..dbebdb5b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 <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>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.4.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-data-build/parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-java8-stub</artifactId>
-			<version>1.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.4.0.RC1</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@
 
 	<repositories>
 		<repository>
-			<id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
-			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
+			<id>spring-libs-milestone</id>
+			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone</url>
 		</repository>
 	</repositories>
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/notice.txt b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
index 5416c83bf..d5709ca87 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/notice.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Spring Data Commons 1.8.0 M1
+Spring Data Commons 1.8 RC1
 Copyright (c) [2010-2014] Pivotal Software, Inc.
 
 This product is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ You may not use this product except in compliance with the License.
 This product may include a number of subcomponents with
 separate copyright notices and license terms. Your use of the source
 code for the these subcomponents is subject to the terms and
-conditions of the subcomponent's license, as noted in the LICENSE file.
\ No newline at end of file
+conditions of the subcomponent's license, as noted in the LICENSE file.