diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5654303..30a212e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -522,13 +522,13 @@ under the License.
 
   <properties>
     <maven.compile.source>1.2</maven.compile.source>
-    <maven.compile.target>1.1</maven.compile.target>
+    <maven.compile.target>1.2</maven.compile.target>
     <commons.componentid>logging</commons.componentid>
     <commons.release.version>1.1.3</commons.release.version>
     <commons.jira.id>LOGGING</commons.jira.id>
     <commons.jira.pid>12310484</commons.jira.pid>
     <!-- The RC version used in the staging repository URL. -->
-    <commons.rc.version>RC2</commons.rc.version>
+    <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
     <commons.surefire.version>2.12</commons.surefire.version>
     <skipSurefireReport>true</skipSurefireReport>
     <!-- Allow default test run order to be changed -->