diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a0f2a85952..97c431cc49 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>1.6.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.6.0.DATAMONGO-978-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Spring Data MongoDB</name>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml
index df9b2107a0..1d219cccb6 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.0.DATAMONGO-978-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
-			<version>1.6.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.6.0.DATAMONGO-978-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
index 90e912f679..ea36e79ff8 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.0.DATAMONGO-978-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml
index 82ecfa46d5..fc9809e43f 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.0.DATAMONGO-978-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index 25453a7917..9412d33333 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.0.DATAMONGO-978-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java
index 5f104634d7..ef61aae622 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ private Object deleteAndConvertResult(Query query, MongoEntityMetadata<?> metada
 				return operations.findAllAndRemove(query, metadata.getJavaType());
 			}
 
-			WriteResult writeResult = operations.remove(query, metadata.getCollectionName());
+			WriteResult writeResult = operations.remove(query, metadata.getJavaType(), metadata.getCollectionName());
 			return writeResult != null ? writeResult.getN() : 0L;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstracMongoQueryUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstracMongoQueryUnitTests.java
index b70c102d81..0d933b53ab 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstracMongoQueryUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstracMongoQueryUnitTests.java
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ public void testDeleteExecutionCallsRemoveCorreclty() {
 
 		createQueryForMethod("deletePersonByLastname", String.class).setDeleteQuery(true).execute(new Object[] { "booh" });
 
-		verify(this.mongoOperationsMock, times(1)).remove(Matchers.any(Query.class), Matchers.eq("persons"));
+		verify(this.mongoOperationsMock, times(1)).remove(Matchers.any(Query.class), Matchers.eq(Person.class),
+				Matchers.eq("persons"));
 		verify(this.mongoOperationsMock, times(0)).find(Matchers.any(Query.class), Matchers.any(Class.class),
 				Matchers.anyString());
 	}
@@ -127,14 +128,15 @@ public void testDeleteExecutionReturnsZeroWhenWriteResultIsNull() {
 	public void testDeleteExecutionReturnsNrDocumentsDeletedFromWriteResult() {
 
 		when(writeResultMock.getN()).thenReturn(100);
-		when(this.mongoOperationsMock.remove(Matchers.any(Query.class), Matchers.eq("persons")))
+		when(this.mongoOperationsMock.remove(Matchers.any(Query.class), Matchers.eq(Person.class), Matchers.eq("persons")))
 				.thenReturn(writeResultMock);
 
 		MongoQueryFake query = createQueryForMethod("deletePersonByLastname", String.class);
 		query.setDeleteQuery(true);
 
 		assertThat(query.execute(new Object[] { "fake" }), is((Object) 100L));
-		verify(this.mongoOperationsMock, times(1)).remove(Matchers.any(Query.class), Matchers.eq("persons"));
+		verify(this.mongoOperationsMock, times(1)).remove(Matchers.any(Query.class), Matchers.eq(Person.class),
+				Matchers.eq("persons"));
 	}
 
 	private MongoQueryFake createQueryForMethod(String methodName, Class<?>... paramTypes) {