diff --git a/aspectj/project.xml b/aspectj/project.xml
index 9d71e8d9..a7d4080e 100644
--- a/aspectj/project.xml
+++ b/aspectj/project.xml
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>aspectj</groupId>
       <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0_M5</version>
+      <version>1.5.0_RC1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>aspectj</groupId>
       <artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0_M5</version>
+      <version>1.5.0_RC1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml b/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml
index b82a0474..fae359fe 100644
--- a/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="4.0-SNAPSHOT" date="in Subversion">
-      <action dev="carlos" type="update" issue="MPASPECTJ-21">Upgraded to AspectJ 1.5</action>
+      <action dev="carlos" type="update" issue="MPASPECTJ-21">Upgraded to AspectJ 1.5RC1</action>
     </release>
     <release version="3.3-SNAPSHOT" date="in Subversion">
       <action dev="carlos" type="add" issue="MPASPECTJ-24" due-to="Shinobu Kawai">
