diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 80d482201..f81c833d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <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>
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <commonscollections>3.2.1</commonscollections>
         <commonslang>2.6</commonslang>
         <elasticsearch>1.1.1</elasticsearch>
-        <springdata.commons>1.8.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
+        <springdata.commons>1.8.0.RC1</springdata.commons>
 
     </properties>
 
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@
 
     <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/docbkx/index.xml b/src/docbkx/index.xml
index 8adb7db36..e5e4f15f1 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/index.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/index.xml
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@
     <part id="reference">
         <title>Reference Documentation</title>
 
-        <xi:include
-                href="https://raw.github.com/SpringSource/spring-data-commons/1.8.0.M1/src/docbkx/repositories.xml">
+        <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/SpringSource/spring-data-commons/1.8.0.RC1/src/docbkx/repositories.xml">
             <xi:fallback
                     href="../../../spring-data-commons/src/docbkx/repositories.xml"/>
         </xi:include>
@@ -47,13 +46,11 @@
 
     <part id="appendix">
         <title>Appendix</title>
-        <xi:include
-                href="https://raw.github.com/SpringSource/spring-data-commons/1.8.0.M1/src/docbkx/repository-namespace-reference.xml">
+        <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/SpringSource/spring-data-commons/1.8.0.RC1/src/docbkx/repository-namespace-reference.xml">
             <xi:fallback
                     href="../../../spring-data-commons/src/docbkx/repository-namespace-reference.xml"/>
         </xi:include>
-        <xi:include
-                href="https://raw.github.com/SpringSource/spring-data-commons/1.8.0.M1/src/docbkx/repository-query-keywords-reference.xml">
+        <xi:include href="https://raw.github.com/SpringSource/spring-data-commons/1.8.0.RC1/src/docbkx/repository-query-keywords-reference.xml">
             <xi:fallback
                     href="../../../spring-data-commons/src/docbkx/repository-query-keywords-reference.xml"/>
         </xi:include>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/notice.txt b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
index 08021d003..b1965ccde 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/notice.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Spring Data Elasticsearch 1.0 M2
+Spring Data Elasticsearch 1.0 RC1
 Copyright (c) [2013-2014] 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.