diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 14d7ea3d4..cb53c66f7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
 
     <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-data-elasticsearch</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0.RC1</version>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>