diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index d8ec6951a4..2bb3cce533 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ two abstractions at the moment: compute and blobstore.  compute helps you
 bootstrap machines in the cloud.  blobstore helps you manage key-value
 data.
  
-our current version is 1.4.0
-our next maintenance version is 1.4.1-SNAPSHOT
+our current version is 1.4.2
+our next maintenance version is 1.4.2-SNAPSHOT
 our dev version is 1.5.0-SNAPSHOT
  
 check out our examples site! https://github.com/jclouds/jclouds-examples
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ our compute api supports: aws-ec2, gogrid, cloudservers-us, stub (in-memory), de
                           openhosting-east1, serverlove-z1-man, skalicloud-sdg-my,
                           greenhousedata-element-vcloud, softlayer, cloudsigma (generic),
                           cloudstack (generic), ninefold-compute, openstack-nov (keystone),
-                          hpcloud-compute, trystack-nova, openstack-nova-ec2
+                          hpcloud-compute, trystack-nova, openstack-nova-ec2,
+                          rackspace-cloudservers-us (next gen)
 
   * note * the pom dependency org.jclouds/jclouds-allcompute gives you access to
            to all of these providers
diff --git a/allcompute/pom.xml b/allcompute/pom.xml
index 907098cd2c..c36fd74dbb 100644
--- a/allcompute/pom.xml
+++ b/allcompute/pom.xml
@@ -210,5 +210,10 @@
             <artifactId>trystack-nova</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rackspace-cloudservers-us</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/labs/pom.xml b/labs/pom.xml
index 134e85e7b0..878c602acf 100644
--- a/labs/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
        <module>joyent-sdc</module>
        <module>joyentcloud</module>
        <module>openstack-quantum</module>
-       <module>rackspace-cloudservers-us</module>
        <module>greenqloud-compute</module>
        <module>greenqloud-storage</module>
        <module>iam</module>
diff --git a/providers/pom.xml b/providers/pom.xml
index 88c4d0c8ab..85723f0952 100644
--- a/providers/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/pom.xml
@@ -71,5 +71,6 @@
         <module>hpcloud-compute</module>
         <module>hpcloud-objectstorage</module>
         <module>trystack-nova</module>
+        <module>rackspace-cloudservers-us</module>
     </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/pom.xml b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/pom.xml
similarity index 99%
rename from labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/pom.xml
rename to providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/pom.xml
index 1ae8a88e07..d6fedebe19 100644
--- a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
-  <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
+  <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
   <artifactId>rackspace-cloudservers-us</artifactId>
   <name>jclouds Rackspace Next Generation Cloud Servers provider</name>
   <description>OpenStack Nova implementation targeted to Rackspace Next Generation Cloud Servers</description>
diff --git a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/CloudServersUSProviderMetadata.java b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/CloudServersUSProviderMetadata.java
similarity index 100%
rename from labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/CloudServersUSProviderMetadata.java
rename to providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/CloudServersUSProviderMetadata.java
diff --git a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/config/CloudServersUSComputeServiceContextModule.java b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/config/CloudServersUSComputeServiceContextModule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/config/CloudServersUSComputeServiceContextModule.java
rename to providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/config/CloudServersUSComputeServiceContextModule.java
diff --git a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata
similarity index 100%
rename from labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata
rename to providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata
diff --git a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/CloudServersUSProviderTest.java b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/CloudServersUSProviderTest.java
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rename from labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/CloudServersUSProviderTest.java
rename to providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/CloudServersUSProviderTest.java
diff --git a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/compute/CloudServersUSComputeServiceLiveTest.java b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/compute/CloudServersUSComputeServiceLiveTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/compute/CloudServersUSComputeServiceLiveTest.java
rename to providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/compute/CloudServersUSComputeServiceLiveTest.java
diff --git a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/compute/CloudServersUSTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/compute/CloudServersUSTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
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rename from labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/compute/CloudServersUSTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
rename to providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/compute/CloudServersUSTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
diff --git a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/compute/extensions/CloudServersUSImageExtensionLivetest.java b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/compute/extensions/CloudServersUSImageExtensionLivetest.java
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rename from labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/compute/extensions/CloudServersUSImageExtensionLivetest.java
rename to providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/compute/extensions/CloudServersUSImageExtensionLivetest.java
diff --git a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/features/CloudServersUSFlavorClientLiveTest.java b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/features/CloudServersUSFlavorClientLiveTest.java
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rename from labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/features/CloudServersUSFlavorClientLiveTest.java
rename to providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/features/CloudServersUSFlavorClientLiveTest.java
diff --git a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/features/CloudServersUSImageClientLiveTest.java b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/features/CloudServersUSImageClientLiveTest.java
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rename from labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/features/CloudServersUSImageClientLiveTest.java
rename to providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/features/CloudServersUSImageClientLiveTest.java
diff --git a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/features/CloudServersUSServerClientLiveTest.java b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/features/CloudServersUSServerClientLiveTest.java
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rename from labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/features/CloudServersUSServerClientLiveTest.java
rename to providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/features/CloudServersUSServerClientLiveTest.java
diff --git a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/resources/raxImages.json b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/resources/raxImages.json
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rename from labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/resources/raxImages.json
rename to providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/test/resources/raxImages.json