diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 340463880..77a4fa3d5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
   <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-  <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.0.1</version>
   <name>Querydsl</name>
   <description>parent project for Querydsl modules</description>
   <url>${project.homepage}</url>
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@
             <configuration>
               <rules>
                 <requireBackwardCompatibility implementation="org.semver.enforcer.RequireBackwardCompatibility">
+                  <excludes>
+                    <exclude>com/querydsl/core/types/dsl/PathBuilderValidator</exclude>
+                  </excludes>
                   <compatibilityType>BACKWARD_COMPATIBLE_USER</compatibilityType>
                   <dumpDetails>true</dumpDetails>
                   <publicOnly>true</publicOnly>
diff --git a/querydsl-apt/pom.xml b/querydsl-apt/pom.xml
index ace9dce3b..5495658e7 100644
--- a/querydsl-apt/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-apt/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-codegen/pom.xml b/querydsl-codegen/pom.xml
index 80eb9755b..9ae95e6b3 100644
--- a/querydsl-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-collections/pom.xml b/querydsl-collections/pom.xml
index 053bdf4aa..3ccb94ccd 100644
--- a/querydsl-collections/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-collections/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-core/pom.xml b/querydsl-core/pom.xml
index 53879cca4..c60a03720 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -141,4 +141,4 @@
   <properties>
     <bridge-method.version>1.13</bridge-method.version>
   </properties>
-</project>
+</project>
diff --git a/querydsl-docs/pom.xml b/querydsl-docs/pom.xml
index eeeb0ee74..648925653 100644
--- a/querydsl-docs/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-docs/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   <properties>
     <translation>en-US</translation>
     <xslthl.config>http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/highlighting/xslthl-config.xml</xslthl.config>
+    <checkstyle.skip>true</checkstyle.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/querydsl-docs/src/main/docbook/en-US/Querydsl_Reference.xml b/querydsl-docs/src/main/docbook/en-US/Querydsl_Reference.xml
index 0c4cdde1a..9b6b8b6ea 100644
--- a/querydsl-docs/src/main/docbook/en-US/Querydsl_Reference.xml
+++ b/querydsl-docs/src/main/docbook/en-US/Querydsl_Reference.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
-        <!ENTITY versionNumber "4.0.0">
+        <!ENTITY versionNumber "4.0.1">
         <!ENTITY copyrightYear "2007-2015">
         <!ENTITY copyrightHolder "The Querydsl Team">
 ]>
diff --git a/querydsl-hibernate-search/pom.xml b/querydsl-hibernate-search/pom.xml
index d3aee2de0..270579844 100644
--- a/querydsl-hibernate-search/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-hibernate-search/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-jdo/pom.xml b/querydsl-jdo/pom.xml
index 6367b6ef9..680222c4d 100644
--- a/querydsl-jdo/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-jdo/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-jpa-codegen/pom.xml b/querydsl-jpa-codegen/pom.xml
index 66a864f44..0abdc3056 100644
--- a/querydsl-jpa-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-jpa-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-jpa/pom.xml b/querydsl-jpa/pom.xml
index 9a8d65e3c..c07d5405b 100644
--- a/querydsl-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-lucene3/pom.xml b/querydsl-lucene3/pom.xml
index 7027eb8aa..b1e819129 100644
--- a/querydsl-lucene3/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-lucene3/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-lucene4/pom.xml b/querydsl-lucene4/pom.xml
index d6c28ba23..a1b732022 100644
--- a/querydsl-lucene4/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-lucene4/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/querydsl-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 8f86764aa..38d5ba46d 100644
--- a/querydsl-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
         <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.1</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-mongodb/pom.xml b/querydsl-mongodb/pom.xml
index 9e81a66b9..3ddc5bf16 100644
--- a/querydsl-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-scala/pom.xml b/querydsl-scala/pom.xml
index 298f698c7..96c523569 100644
--- a/querydsl-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-scala/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -269,4 +269,4 @@
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
   </build>
-</project>
+</project>
diff --git a/querydsl-spatial/pom.xml b/querydsl-spatial/pom.xml
index 8b01d717a..4e0bf34bb 100644
--- a/querydsl-spatial/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-spatial/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-sql-codegen/pom.xml b/querydsl-sql-codegen/pom.xml
index 6d7d8393d..5b57a0ae0 100644
--- a/querydsl-sql-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-sql-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-sql-spatial/pom.xml b/querydsl-sql-spatial/pom.xml
index 757c7e806..3d72a88f9 100644
--- a/querydsl-sql-spatial/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-sql-spatial/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-sql-spring/pom.xml b/querydsl-sql-spring/pom.xml
index cb79dc2b0..fa5438eac 100644
--- a/querydsl-sql-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-sql-spring/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/querydsl-sql/pom.xml b/querydsl-sql/pom.xml
index 018a66b67..93b5bdf4e 100644
--- a/querydsl-sql/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-sql/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
     <artifactId>querydsl-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>