diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 53fe05a2..dbecf71a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.r2dbc</groupId>
     <artifactId>r2dbc-mssql</artifactId>
-    <version>0.9.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0.RC1</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Reactive Relational Database Connectivity - Microsoft SQL Server</name>