diff --git a/CodeSniffer.php b/CodeSniffer.php
index 73169bfeda..8e3f950cb2 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer.php
+++ b/CodeSniffer.php
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ class PHP_CodeSniffer
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '2.0.0a3';
+    const VERSION = '2.0.0RC1';
 
     /**
      * Package stability; either stable, beta or alpha.
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const STABILITY = 'alpha';
+    const STABILITY = 'beta';
 
     /**
      * The file or directory that is currently being processed.
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 7f85e17f2c..10f5a492ac 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
   <email>gsherwood@squiz.net</email>
   <active>yes</active>
  </lead>
- <date>2014-05-01</date>
- <time>13:17:00</time>
+ <date>2014-08-06</date>
+ <time>09:58:00</time>
  <version>
-  <release>2.0.0a3</release>
-  <api>2.0.0a3</api>
+  <release>2.0.0RC1</release>
+  <api>2.0.0RC1</api>
  </version>
  <stability>
-  <release>alpha</release>
-  <api>alpha</api>
+  <release>beta</release>
+  <api>beta</api>
  </stability>
  <license uri="https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/licence.txt">BSD 3-Clause License</license>
  <notes>
@@ -2282,6 +2282,84 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
   </filelist>
  </phprelease>
  <changelog>
+  <release>
+   <version>
+    <release>2.0.0RC1</release>
+    <api>2.0.0RC1</api>
+   </version>
+   <stability>
+    <release>beta</release>
+    <api>beta</api>
+   </stability>
+   <date>2014-08-06</date>
+   <license uri="https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/licence.txt">BSD License</license>
+   <notes>
+    - PHPCBF will now fix incorrect newline characters in a file
+    - PHPCBF now exists cleanly when there are no errors to fix
+    - Added phpcbf.bat file for Windows
+    - Verbose option no longer errors when using a phar file with a space in the path
+    - Fixed a reporting error when using HHVM
+      -- Thanks to Martins Sipenko for the patch
+    - addFixableError() and addFixableWarning() now only return true if the fixer is enabled
+      -- Saves checking ($phpcsFile->fixer->enabled === true) before every fix
+    - Added addErrorOnLine() and addWarningOnLine() to add a non-fixable violation to a line at column 1
+      -- Useful if you are generating errors using an external tool or parser and only know line numbers
+      -- Thanks to Ondřej Mirtes for the patch
+    - CSS tokenizer now identifies embedded PHP code using the new T_EMBEDDED_PHP token type
+      -- The entire string of PHP is contained in a single token
+    - PHP tokenizer contains better detection of short array syntax
+    - Unit test runner now also test any standards installed under the installed_paths config var
+    - Exclude patterns now use {} delimiters, allowing the | special character to work correctly again
+    - The filtering component of the --extensions argument is now ignored again when passing filenames
+      -- Can still be used to specify a custom tokenizer for each extension when passing filenames
+      -- If no tokenizer is specified, default values will be used for common file extensions
+    - Diff report now produces relative paths on Windows, where possible (further fix for bug #20234)
+    - If a token's content has been modified by the tab-width setting, it will now have an orig_content in the tokens array
+    - Generic DisallowSpaceIndent and DisallowTabIndent sniffs now check original indent content even when tab-width is set
+      -- Previously, setting --tab-width would force both to check the indent as spaces
+    - Fixed a problem where PHPCBF could replace tabs with too many spaces when changing indents
+    - Fixed a problem that could occur with line numbers when using HHVM to check files with Windows newline characters
+    - Removed use of sys_get_temp_dir() as this is not supported by the min PHP version
+    - Squiz ArrayDeclarationSniff now supports short array syntax
+    - Squiz ControlSignatureSniff no longer uses the Abstract Pattern sniff
+      -- If you are extending this sniff, you'll need to rewrite your code
+      -- The rewrite allows this sniff to fix all control structure formatting issues it finds
+    - The installed_paths config var now accepts relative paths
+      -- The paths are relative to the PHP_CodeSniffer install directory
+      -- Thanks to Weston Ruter for the patch
+    - Generic ScopeIndentSniff now accounts for different open tag indents
+    - PEAR FunctionDeclarationSniff now ignores short arrays when checking indent
+      -- Thanks to Daniel Tschinder for the patch
+    - PSR2 FunctionCallSignatureSniff now treats multi-line strings as a single-line argument, like arrays and closures
+      -- Thanks to Dawid Nowak for the patch
+    - PSR2 UseDeclarationSniff now checks for a single space after the USE keyword
+    - Generic ForbiddenFunctionsSniff now detects calls to functions in the global namespace
+      -- Thanks to Ole Martin Handeland for the patch
+    - Generic LowerCaseConstantSniff and UpperCaseConstantSniff now ignore namespaces beginning with TRUE/FALSE/NULL
+      -- Thanks to Renan Gonçalves for the patch
+    - Squiz InlineCommentSniff no longer requires a blank line after post-statement comments (request #20299)
+    - Squiz SelfMemberReferenceSniff now works correctly with namespaces
+    - Squiz FunctionCommentSniff is now more relaxed when checking namespaced type hints
+    - Tab characters are now encoded in abstract pattern errors messages
+      -- Thanks to Blaine Schmeisser for the patch
+    - Invalid sniff codes passed to --sniffs now show a friendly error message (request #20313)
+    - Generic LineLengthSniff now shows a warning if the iconv module is disabled (request #20314)
+    - Source report no longer shows errors if category or sniff names ends in an uppercase error
+      -- Thanks to Jonathan Marcil for the patch
+    - Fixed bug #20261 : phpcbf has an endless fixing loop
+    - Fixed bug #20268 : Incorrect documentation titles in PEAR documentation
+    - Fixed bug #20296 : new array notion in function comma check fails
+    - Fixed bug #20297 : phar does not work when renamed it to phpcs
+    - Fixed bug #20307 : PHP_CodeSniffer_Standards_AbstractVariableSniff analyze traits
+    - Fixed bug #20308 : Squiz.ValidVariableNameSniff - wrong variable usage
+    - Fixed bug #20309 : Use "member variable" term in sniff "processMemberVar" method
+    - Fixed bug #20310 : PSR2 does not check for space after function name
+    - Fixed bug #20322 : Display rules set to type=error even when suppressing warnings
+    - Fixed bug #20323 : PHPCS tries to load sniffs from hidden directories
+    - Fixed bug #20346 : Fixer endless loop with Squiz.CSS sniffs
+    - Fixed bug #20355 : No sniffs are registered with PHAR on Windows
+    </notes>
+  </release>
   <release>
    <version>
     <release>2.0.0a2</release>
@@ -2403,6 +2481,49 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
     - Removed MySource ChannelExceptionSniff
     </notes>
   </release>
+  <release>
+   <version>
+    <release>1.5.4</release>
+    <api>1.5.4</api>
+   </version>
+   <stability>
+    <release>stable</release>
+    <api>stable</api>
+   </stability>
+   <date>2014-08-06</date>
+   <license uri="https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/licence.txt">BSD License</license>
+   <notes>
+    - Removed use of sys_get_temp_dir() as this is not supported by the min PHP version
+    - The installed_paths config var now accepts relative paths
+      -- The paths are relative to the PHP_CodeSniffer install directory
+      -- Thanks to Weston Ruter for the patch
+    - Generic ScopeIndentSniff now accounts for different open tag indents
+    - PEAR FunctionDeclarationSniff now ignores short arrays when checking indent
+      -- Thanks to Daniel Tschinder for the patch
+    - PSR2 FunctionCallSignatureSniff now treats multi-line strings as a single-line argument, like arrays and closures
+      -- Thanks to Dawid Nowak for the patch
+    - Generic ForbiddenFunctionsSniff now detects calls to functions in the global namespace
+      -- Thanks to Ole Martin Handeland for the patch
+    - Generic LowerCaseConstantSniff and UpperCaseConstantSniff now ignore namespaces beginning with TRUE/FALSE/NULL
+      -- Thanks to Renan Gonçalves for the patch
+    - Squiz InlineCommentSniff no longer requires a blank line after post-statement comments (request #20299)
+    - Squiz SelfMemberReferenceSniff now works correctly with namespaces
+    - Tab characters are now encoded in abstract pattern errors messages
+      -- Thanks to Blaine Schmeisser for the patch
+    - Invalid sniff codes passed to --sniffs now show a friendly error message (request #20313)
+    - Generic LineLengthSniff now shows a warning if the iconv module is disabled (request #20314)
+    - Source report no longer shows errors if category or sniff names ends in an uppercase error
+      -- Thanks to Jonathan Marcil for the patch
+    - Fixed bug #20268 : Incorrect documentation titles in PEAR documentation
+    - Fixed bug #20296 : new array notion in function comma check fails
+    - Fixed bug #20307 : PHP_CodeSniffer_Standards_AbstractVariableSniff analyze traits
+    - Fixed bug #20308 : Squiz.ValidVariableNameSniff - wrong variable usage
+    - Fixed bug #20309 : Use "member variable" term in sniff "processMemberVar" method
+    - Fixed bug #20310 : PSR2 does not check for space after function name
+    - Fixed bug #20322 : Display rules set to type=error even when suppressing warnings
+    - Fixed bug #20323 : PHPCS tries to load sniffs from hidden directories
+   </notes>
+  </release>
   <release>
    <version>
     <release>1.5.3</release>