diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 9fbb037115db3..799f8d9b3c815 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@
                 <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.DontIncludeResourceTransformer">
                   <resource>log4j.properties</resource>
                 </transformer>
-                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ApacheLicenseResourceTransformer"/>
-                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer"/>
+                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ApacheLicenseResourceTransformer" />
+                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer" />
               </transformers>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
diff --git a/bagel/pom.xml b/bagel/pom.xml
index bd51b112e26fa..8eec7e5dd23b5 100644
--- a/bagel/pom.xml
+++ b/bagel/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 6d8be37037729..83e60268afbd2 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 8c4c128bb484d..9bde90ed116e1 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/flume-sink/pom.xml b/external/flume-sink/pom.xml
index b345276b08ba3..daaae05a3dace 100644
--- a/external/flume-sink/pom.xml
+++ b/external/flume-sink/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/flume/pom.xml b/external/flume/pom.xml
index f71f6b6c4f931..830eb32c32c0c 100644
--- a/external/flume/pom.xml
+++ b/external/flume/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/kafka/pom.xml b/external/kafka/pom.xml
index 4e2275ab238f7..e3df55355c8d5 100644
--- a/external/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/external/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/mqtt/pom.xml b/external/mqtt/pom.xml
index dc48a08c93de2..1f9e52b19b24e 100644
--- a/external/mqtt/pom.xml
+++ b/external/mqtt/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/twitter/pom.xml b/external/twitter/pom.xml
index b93ad016f84f0..d28741a9524dc 100644
--- a/external/twitter/pom.xml
+++ b/external/twitter/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/zeromq/pom.xml b/external/zeromq/pom.xml
index 22c1fff23d9a2..7e7609985d2c0 100644
--- a/external/zeromq/pom.xml
+++ b/external/zeromq/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml b/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml
index a54b34235dfb4..4d0eac8956955 100644
--- a/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml
+++ b/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/extras/spark-ganglia-lgpl/pom.xml b/extras/spark-ganglia-lgpl/pom.xml
index a5b162a0482e4..44f50aeefa62e 100644
--- a/extras/spark-ganglia-lgpl/pom.xml
+++ b/extras/spark-ganglia-lgpl/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/graphx/pom.xml b/graphx/pom.xml
index 6dd52fc618b1e..c677f361cf1f2 100644
--- a/graphx/pom.xml
+++ b/graphx/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/mllib/pom.xml b/mllib/pom.xml
index c7a1e2ae75c84..873f65105b1c5 100644
--- a/mllib/pom.xml
+++ b/mllib/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c5a9b3d5f4fd0..c7dc7efc6eb7d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<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">
+<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>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
   <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.1.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Spark Project Parent POM</name>
   <url>http://spark.apache.org/</url>
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:apache/spark.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/spark.git</developerConnection>
     <url>scm:git:git@github.com:apache/spark.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>v1.1.0-rc2</tag>
   </scm>
   <developers>
     <developer>
@@ -881,7 +880,7 @@
             <junitxml>.</junitxml>
             <filereports>${project.build.directory}/SparkTestSuite.txt</filereports>
             <argLine>-Xmx3g -XX:MaxPermSize=${MaxPermGen} -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=512m</argLine>
-            <stderr/>
+            <stderr />
             <systemProperties>
               <java.awt.headless>true</java.awt.headless>
               <spark.test.home>${session.executionRootDirectory}</spark.test.home>
diff --git a/repl/pom.xml b/repl/pom.xml
index 68f4504450778..b7458eeb270dd 100644
--- a/repl/pom.xml
+++ b/repl/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/pom.xml b/sql/catalyst/pom.xml
index 58d44e7923bee..7c9e5b284e0d9 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/catalyst/pom.xml
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<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">
+<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>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/sql/core/pom.xml b/sql/core/pom.xml
index c8016e41256d5..d797753f12151 100644
--- a/sql/core/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/core/pom.xml
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<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">
+<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>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml b/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml
index c6f60c18804a4..d75d2e514544d 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<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">
+<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>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/sql/hive/pom.xml b/sql/hive/pom.xml
index 30ff277e67c88..dc5cfbac8212d 100644
--- a/sql/hive/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/hive/pom.xml
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<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">
+<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>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/streaming/pom.xml b/streaming/pom.xml
index 1072f74aea0d9..31c096380a7c1 100644
--- a/streaming/pom.xml
+++ b/streaming/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index 97abb6b2b63e0..ce3629443ed98 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/yarn/pom.xml b/yarn/pom.xml
index 3faaf053634d6..274be3a563641 100644
--- a/yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/yarn/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/yarn/stable/pom.xml b/yarn/stable/pom.xml
index b6c8456d06684..64fb00ac71b60 100644
--- a/yarn/stable/pom.xml
+++ b/yarn/stable/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>yarn-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <properties>