diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index 230a1e7..a240cd9 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
         Implementation of "BoxMullerNormalizedGaussianSampler" deprecates
         "BoxMullerGaussianSampler".
 
+Fixed Bugs:
+o RNG-53:  Class "SamplerBase" has been deprecated.  It was meant for internal use
+        only but, through inheritance, it allows incorrect usage of the sampler
+        classes.
 
 Changes:
 o RNG-50: "PoissonSampler": Algorithms for small mean and large mean have
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7af2b6d..290b768 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <commons.automatic.module.name>org.apache.commons.rng.parent</commons.automatic.module.name>
     <!-- do not use snapshot suffix here -->
     <commons.release.version>1.1</commons.release.version>
-    <commons.rc.version>RC6</commons.rc.version>
+    <commons.rc.version>RC7</commons.rc.version>
     <commons.release.desc>(requires Java 6+)</commons.release.desc>
     <commons.binary.suffix>-bin</commons.binary.suffix>
 
diff --git a/src/site/resources/release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.1.txt b/src/site/resources/release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.1.txt
index 230a1e7..a240cd9 100644
--- a/src/site/resources/release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.1.txt
+++ b/src/site/resources/release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.1.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
         Implementation of "BoxMullerNormalizedGaussianSampler" deprecates
         "BoxMullerGaussianSampler".
 
+Fixed Bugs:
+o RNG-53:  Class "SamplerBase" has been deprecated.  It was meant for internal use
+        only but, through inheritance, it allows incorrect usage of the sampler
+        classes.
 
 Changes:
 o RNG-50: "PoissonSampler": Algorithms for small mean and large mean have