diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 626c8577e31fe..e9c6d26ccddc7 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/bagel/pom.xml b/bagel/pom.xml
index 132cd433d78a2..ed5c37e595a96 100644
--- a/bagel/pom.xml
+++ b/bagel/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index a02184222e9f0..e35694e9e98b4 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/package.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/package.scala
index 2ab41ba488ff6..8ae76c5f72f2e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/package.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/package.scala
@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ package org.apache
 
 package object spark {
   // For package docs only
-  val SPARK_VERSION = "1.4.0-SNAPSHOT"
+  val SPARK_VERSION = "1.5.0-SNAPSHOT"
 }
diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index b22b627f09007..c0e031a83ba9c 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ include:
 
 # These allow the documentation to be updated with newer releases
 # of Spark, Scala, and Mesos.
-SPARK_VERSION: 1.4.0-SNAPSHOT
-SPARK_VERSION_SHORT: 1.4.0
+SPARK_VERSION: 1.5.0-SNAPSHOT
+SPARK_VERSION_SHORT: 1.5.0
 SCALA_BINARY_VERSION: "2.10"
 SCALA_VERSION: "2.10.4"
 MESOS_VERSION: 0.21.0
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index e4efee7b5e647..e6884b09dca94 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/flume-sink/pom.xml b/external/flume-sink/pom.xml
index 71f2b6fe18bd1..7a7dccc3d0922 100644
--- a/external/flume-sink/pom.xml
+++ b/external/flume-sink/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/flume/pom.xml b/external/flume/pom.xml
index a345c03582ad6..14f7daaf417e0 100644
--- a/external/flume/pom.xml
+++ b/external/flume/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/kafka-assembly/pom.xml b/external/kafka-assembly/pom.xml
index 0b79f47647f6b..8059c443827ef 100644
--- a/external/kafka-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/external/kafka-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/kafka/pom.xml b/external/kafka/pom.xml
index 5734d55bf4784..ded863bd985e8 100644
--- a/external/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/external/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/mqtt/pom.xml b/external/mqtt/pom.xml
index 7d102e10ab60f..0e41e5781784b 100644
--- a/external/mqtt/pom.xml
+++ b/external/mqtt/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/twitter/pom.xml b/external/twitter/pom.xml
index d28e3e1846d70..178ae8de13b57 100644
--- a/external/twitter/pom.xml
+++ b/external/twitter/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/zeromq/pom.xml b/external/zeromq/pom.xml
index 9998c11c85171..37bfd10d43663 100644
--- a/external/zeromq/pom.xml
+++ b/external/zeromq/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/extras/java8-tests/pom.xml b/extras/java8-tests/pom.xml
index 4351a8a12fe21..f138251748c9e 100644
--- a/extras/java8-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/extras/java8-tests/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml b/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml
index 25847a1b33d9c..4787991572b61 100644
--- a/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml
+++ b/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/extras/spark-ganglia-lgpl/pom.xml b/extras/spark-ganglia-lgpl/pom.xml
index e14bbae4a9b6e..478d0019a25f0 100644
--- a/extras/spark-ganglia-lgpl/pom.xml
+++ b/extras/spark-ganglia-lgpl/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/graphx/pom.xml b/graphx/pom.xml
index 28b41228feb3d..853dea9a7795e 100644
--- a/graphx/pom.xml
+++ b/graphx/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/launcher/pom.xml b/launcher/pom.xml
index cc177d23dff77..48dd0d5f9106b 100644
--- a/launcher/pom.xml
+++ b/launcher/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/mllib/pom.xml b/mllib/pom.xml
index 65c647a91d192..b16058ddc203a 100644
--- a/mllib/pom.xml
+++ b/mllib/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/network/common/pom.xml b/network/common/pom.xml
index 0c3147761cfc5..a85e0a66f4a30 100644
--- a/network/common/pom.xml
+++ b/network/common/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/network/shuffle/pom.xml b/network/shuffle/pom.xml
index 7dc7c65825e34..4b5bfcb6f04bc 100644
--- a/network/shuffle/pom.xml
+++ b/network/shuffle/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/network/yarn/pom.xml b/network/yarn/pom.xml
index 1e2e9c80af6cc..a99f7c4392d3d 100644
--- a/network/yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/network/yarn/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 711edf9efad2b..0b1aaad7566bc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
   <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-  <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Spark Project Parent POM</name>
   <url>http://spark.apache.org/</url>
@@ -269,6 +269,18 @@
         <enabled>false</enabled>
       </snapshots>
     </repository>
+    <!-- TODO: This can be deleted after Spark 1.4 is posted -->
+    <repository>
+      <id>spark-1.4-staging</id>
+      <name>Spark 1.4 RC4 Staging Repository</name>
+      <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachespark-1112</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
   </repositories>
   <pluginRepositories>
     <pluginRepository>
diff --git a/project/MimaBuild.scala b/project/MimaBuild.scala
index dde92949fa175..5812b72f0aa78 100644
--- a/project/MimaBuild.scala
+++ b/project/MimaBuild.scala
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ object MimaBuild {
 
   def mimaSettings(sparkHome: File, projectRef: ProjectRef) = {
     val organization = "org.apache.spark"
-    val previousSparkVersion = "1.3.0"
+    // TODO: Change this once Spark 1.4.0 is released
+    val previousSparkVersion = "1.4.0-rc4"
     val fullId = "spark-" + projectRef.project + "_2.10"
     mimaDefaultSettings ++
     Seq(previousArtifact := Some(organization % fullId % previousSparkVersion),
diff --git a/project/MimaExcludes.scala b/project/MimaExcludes.scala
index 8da72b3fa7cdb..34371c9659423 100644
--- a/project/MimaExcludes.scala
+++ b/project/MimaExcludes.scala
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ import com.typesafe.tools.mima.core.ProblemFilters._
 object MimaExcludes {
     def excludes(version: String) =
       version match {
+        case v if v.startsWith("1.5") =>
+          Seq(
+            MimaBuild.excludeSparkPackage("deploy"),
+            // These are needed if checking against the sbt build, since they are part of
+            // the maven-generated artifacts in 1.3.
+            excludePackage("org.spark-project.jetty"),
+            MimaBuild.excludeSparkPackage("unused"),
+            // JavaRDDLike is not meant to be extended by user programs
+            ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingMethodProblem](
+              "org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaRDDLike.partitioner"),
+            // Mima false positive (was a private[spark] class)
+            ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingClassProblem](
+              "org.apache.spark.util.collection.PairIterator")
+          )
         case v if v.startsWith("1.4") =>
           Seq(
             MimaBuild.excludeSparkPackage("deploy"),
diff --git a/repl/pom.xml b/repl/pom.xml
index 6e5cb7f77e1df..85f7bc8ac1024 100644
--- a/repl/pom.xml
+++ b/repl/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/pom.xml b/sql/catalyst/pom.xml
index d9e1cdb84bb27..bf0a7327a58a2 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/catalyst/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/sql/core/pom.xml b/sql/core/pom.xml
index 8210c552603ea..3192f81ffaecd 100644
--- a/sql/core/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/core/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml b/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml
index 20d3c7d4c5959..73e6ccdb1eaf8 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/sql/hive/pom.xml b/sql/hive/pom.xml
index 923ffabb9b99e..a17546d706248 100644
--- a/sql/hive/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/hive/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/streaming/pom.xml b/streaming/pom.xml
index 49d035a1e9696..697895e72fe5b 100644
--- a/streaming/pom.xml
+++ b/streaming/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index 1c6f3e83a1819..feffde4c857eb 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/unsafe/pom.xml b/unsafe/pom.xml
index 2fd17267ac427..62c6354f1e203 100644
--- a/unsafe/pom.xml
+++ b/unsafe/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/yarn/pom.xml b/yarn/pom.xml
index e207a46809684..644def7501dc8 100644
--- a/yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/yarn/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>