diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index d79bc1e..a506264 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,35 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+
+                  Apache ServiceMix Kernel 1.0-rc1
+                  ================================
+
+This first Release Candidate of Apache ServiceMix Kernel includes a security framework based on
+JAAS allowing authentication using JAAS realms deployed at runtime and also allow keystores and
+trustores to be deployed and accessed through OSGi.  This allow the remote console to be secured
+correctly (if the console is activated in a production environment, we strongly recommand to 
+deploy a custom JAAS realm and new keystores when using the SSL connection).  A few bugs have been
+fixed too.
+
+The number of RCs has not been fixed and it will depend on the feedback we obtain from this release.
+
+** Bug
+    * [SMX4KNL-38] - Fix NullPointerException instead of Command not found in the console
+    * [SMX4KNL-40] - Remote console does not display output
+    * [SMX4KNL-41] - When using the remote command on the client from the command line, the process does not exit correctly
+    * [SMX4KNL-44] - Changed bundles restarted twice
+    * [SMX4KNL-45] - The "log display" command does not display anything when running from an instance that has been created using the "admin create" command
+    * [SMX4KNL-46] - After using the 'admin create' command, cpu goes to 100% until another command is entered
+
+** Improvement
+    * [SMX4KNL-39] - Make bundle locations for SMX configurable
+
+** New Feature
+    * [SMX4KNL-35] - Secure the connection between the client and the kernel in some way
+    * [SMX4KNL-37] - JAAS support
+
+
                   Apache ServiceMix Kernel 1.0-m3
                   ================================
 
diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index b19c5a0..61e45fb 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>kernel</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-servicemix-kernel</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: Assembly</name>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/bundles/ant/pom.xml b/bundles/ant/pom.xml
index 1262de3..3bfa12c 100644
--- a/bundles/ant/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/ant/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.bundles</groupId>
         <artifactId>bundles</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     -->
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.ant-1.7.0</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix OSGI Common Bundles: ${pkgArtifactId}-${pkgVersion}</name>
     <description>
         This bundle simply wraps ${pkgArtifactId}-${pkgVersion}.jar.
diff --git a/bundles/aopalliance/pom.xml b/bundles/aopalliance/pom.xml
index d868ba0..b070743 100644
--- a/bundles/aopalliance/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/aopalliance/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.bundles</groupId>
         <artifactId>bundles</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     -->
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.aopalliance-1.0</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix OSGI Common Bundles: ${pkgArtifactId}-${pkgVersion}</name>
     <description>
         This bundle simply wraps ${pkgArtifactId}-${pkgVersion}.jar.
diff --git a/bundles/asm/pom.xml b/bundles/asm/pom.xml
index ff6731d..cb08cfa 100644
--- a/bundles/asm/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/asm/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.bundles</groupId>
         <artifactId>bundles</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     -->
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.asm-2.2.3</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix OSGI Common Bundles: ${pkgArtifactId}-${pkgVersion}</name>
     <description>
         This bundle simply wraps ${pkgArtifactId}-${pkgVersion}.jar.
diff --git a/bundles/cglib/pom.xml b/bundles/cglib/pom.xml
index f41d1da..9ed342e 100644
--- a/bundles/cglib/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/cglib/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.bundles</groupId>
         <artifactId>bundles</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     -->
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.cglib-2.1_3</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix OSGI Common Bundles: ${pkgArtifactId}-${pkgVersion}</name>
     <description>
         This bundle simply wraps ${pkgArtifactId}-${pkgVersion}.jar.
diff --git a/bundles/junit/pom.xml b/bundles/junit/pom.xml
index d08f1af..d0eec9a 100644
--- a/bundles/junit/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/junit/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.bundles</groupId>
         <artifactId>bundles</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     -->
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.junit-4.4</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix OSGI Common Bundles: ${pkgArtifactId}-${pkgVersion}</name>
     <description>
         This bundle simply wraps ${pkgArtifactId}-${pkgVersion}.jar.
diff --git a/bundles/mina/pom.xml b/bundles/mina/pom.xml
index 87c397f..f15807b 100644
--- a/bundles/mina/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/mina/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.bundles</groupId>
         <artifactId>bundles</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     -->
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.mina-1.1.6</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix OSGI Common Bundles: ${pkgArtifactId}-${pkgVersion}</name>
     <description>
         This bundle simply wraps ${pkgArtifactId}-${pkgVersion}.jar.
diff --git a/bundles/pom.xml b/bundles/pom.xml
index 3a4e1a6..7756e93 100644
--- a/bundles/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>kernel</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.bundles</groupId>
     <artifactId>bundles</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix OSGI Common Bundles</name>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/filemonitor/pom.xml b/filemonitor/pom.xml
index 76430a9..fe18287 100644
--- a/filemonitor/pom.xml
+++ b/filemonitor/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
   <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel</groupId>
       <artifactId>kernel</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.filemonitor</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0-rc1</version>
   <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: File Monitor</name>
 
   <description>This bundle monitors the deploy directory for new OSGi bundles in jar form, expanded form or for configuration file changes and undeploys/redeploys them</description>
diff --git a/gshell/gshell-core/pom.xml b/gshell/gshell-core/pom.xml
index 7a0fbb9..ecfb89b 100644
--- a/gshell/gshell-core/pom.xml
+++ b/gshell/gshell-core/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell</groupId>
         <artifactId>gshell</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell</groupId>
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell.core</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: GShell Core</name>
 
     <description>
diff --git a/gshell/gshell-features/pom.xml b/gshell/gshell-features/pom.xml
index 30120e1..11a460d 100644
--- a/gshell/gshell-features/pom.xml
+++ b/gshell/gshell-features/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell</groupId>
         <artifactId>gshell</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell</groupId>
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell.features</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: GShell Features</name>
 
     <description>
diff --git a/gshell/gshell-log/pom.xml b/gshell/gshell-log/pom.xml
index 18eac9a..a2bf90f 100644
--- a/gshell/gshell-log/pom.xml
+++ b/gshell/gshell-log/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell</groupId>
         <artifactId>gshell</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell</groupId>
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell.log</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: GShell Log Commands</name>
 
     <description>
diff --git a/gshell/gshell-obr/pom.xml b/gshell/gshell-obr/pom.xml
index 360bb6c..d4862af 100644
--- a/gshell/gshell-obr/pom.xml
+++ b/gshell/gshell-obr/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell</groupId>
         <artifactId>gshell</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell</groupId>
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell.obr</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: GShell OBR Commands</name>
 
     <description>
diff --git a/gshell/gshell-osgi/pom.xml b/gshell/gshell-osgi/pom.xml
index 668ccca..21bb443 100644
--- a/gshell/gshell-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/gshell/gshell-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell</groupId>
         <artifactId>gshell</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell</groupId>
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell.osgi</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: GShell OSGi Commands</name>
 
     <description>
diff --git a/gshell/gshell-wrapper/pom.xml b/gshell/gshell-wrapper/pom.xml
index e918c98..6196c09 100644
--- a/gshell/gshell-wrapper/pom.xml
+++ b/gshell/gshell-wrapper/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell</groupId>
         <artifactId>gshell</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell</groupId>
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell.wrapper</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: GShell Service Wrapper</name>
 
     <description>
diff --git a/gshell/pom.xml b/gshell/pom.xml
index 7ec804a..eec2135 100644
--- a/gshell/pom.xml
+++ b/gshell/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>kernel</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell</groupId>
     <artifactId>gshell</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: GShell</name>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/jaas/jaas-boot/pom.xml b/jaas/jaas-boot/pom.xml
index f9b8050..92ba98b 100644
--- a/jaas/jaas-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/jaas/jaas-boot/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.jaas</groupId>
         <artifactId>jaas</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.jaas</groupId>
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.jaas.boot</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: JAAS Boot</name>
 
     <description>
diff --git a/jaas/jaas-config/pom.xml b/jaas/jaas-config/pom.xml
index 4c06c74..62853b1 100644
--- a/jaas/jaas-config/pom.xml
+++ b/jaas/jaas-config/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.jaas</groupId>
         <artifactId>jaas</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.jaas</groupId>
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.jaas.config</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: JAAS Config</name>
 
     <description>
diff --git a/jaas/jaas-keystore/pom.xml b/jaas/jaas-keystore/pom.xml
index d38e822..890515a 100644
--- a/jaas/jaas-keystore/pom.xml
+++ b/jaas/jaas-keystore/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
     <!--
@@ -24,13 +23,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.jaas</groupId>
         <artifactId>jaas</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.jaas</groupId>
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.jaas.keystore</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: JAAS Keystore</name>
 
     <description>
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <instructions>
                         <Bundle-SymbolicName>${artifactId}</Bundle-SymbolicName>
-                        <Export-Package></Export-Package>
+                        <Export-Package />
                         <Import-Package>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.jaas.config</Import-Package>
                         <Spring-Context>*;publish-context:=false;create-asynchronously:=false</Spring-Context>
                     </instructions>
@@ -56,4 +55,4 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jaas/pom.xml b/jaas/pom.xml
index ef617a5..17b875b 100644
--- a/jaas/pom.xml
+++ b/jaas/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>kernel</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.jaas</groupId>
     <artifactId>jaas</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: JAAS</name>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/main/pom.xml b/main/pom.xml
index 4026728..a4865df 100644
--- a/main/pom.xml
+++ b/main/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel</groupId>
       <artifactId>kernel</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel</groupId>
     <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.main</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: Main</name>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4a9c3fc..da1b880 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel</groupId>
   <artifactId>kernel</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0-rc1</version>
   <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel</name>
   <inceptionYear>2007</inceptionYear>
 
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
   </modules>
 
   <scm>
-      <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/servicemix/smx4/kernel/trunk</connection>
-      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/servicemix/smx4/kernel/trunk</developerConnection>
-      <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/servicemix/smx4/kernel/trunk/</url>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/servicemix/smx4/kernel/tags/kernel-1.0-rc1</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/servicemix/smx4/kernel/tags/kernel-1.0-rc1</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/servicemix/smx4/kernel/tags/kernel-1.0-rc1</url>
 
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
diff --git a/spring/pom.xml b/spring/pom.xml
index b43571d..de554a3 100644
--- a/spring/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
   <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel</groupId>
       <artifactId>kernel</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.spring</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0-rc1</version>
   <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: Spring Deployer</name>
 
   <description>This deployer transforms a plain spring xml file to a deployable bundle</description>
diff --git a/testing/depends-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/testing/depends-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index d47e2cf..70e177f 100644
--- a/testing/depends-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/depends-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.testing</groupId>
         <artifactId>testing</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.testing</groupId>
     <artifactId>depends-maven-plugin</artifactId>
     <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: Testing - Depends plugin</name>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/testing/features-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/testing/features-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index c2d8bfe..665db5a 100644
--- a/testing/features-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/features-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.testing</groupId>
         <artifactId>testing</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.testing</groupId>
     <artifactId>features-maven-plugin</artifactId>
     <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: Testing - Features plugin</name>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/testing/pom.xml b/testing/pom.xml
index d4075cf..e49470c 100644
--- a/testing/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>kernel</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.testing</groupId>
     <artifactId>testing</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-rc1</version>
     <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: Testing</name>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/testing/support/pom.xml b/testing/support/pom.xml
index ced866b..e8556bc 100644
--- a/testing/support/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/support/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
   <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.testing</groupId>
       <artifactId>testing</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.testing</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.kernel.testing.support</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0-rc1</version>
   <name>Apache ServiceMix Kernel :: Testing - Support</name>
 
   <dependencies>