diff --git a/war/project.xml b/war/project.xml
index ee1763b1..b50b76b2 100644
--- a/war/project.xml
+++ b/war/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-war-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven WAR Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.7-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.6.1</currentVersion>
   <description>War Plugin for Maven</description>
   <shortDescription>War Plugin for Maven</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/war/</url>
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
       <name>1.6</name>
       <tag>MAVEN_WAR_1_6</tag>
     </version>
+    <version>
+      <id>1.6.1</id>
+      <name>1.6.1</name>
+      <tag>MAVEN_WAR_1_6_1</tag>
+    </version>
   </versions>
   <branches/>
   <mailingLists/>
diff --git a/war/xdocs/changes.xml b/war/xdocs/changes.xml
index 0e5ef034..6cd336a4 100644
--- a/war/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/war/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,19 +24,18 @@
     <author email="vmassol@apache.org">Vincent Massol</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.7-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
-      <action dev="felipeal" type="fix" issue="MPWAR-33">Removed attribute <code>update=true</code> from <code>ant:jar</code> call, so now a fresh WAR is created on each run.</action>
-      <action dev="vmassol" type="update">
-        Made the <code>maven.war.final.name</code> property public as it is 
-        required by several other plugins and before this change the only 
-        way is for these plugins was to call the non-public 
-        <code>war:init</code> goal.
+    <release version="1.6.1" date="2004-10-23">
+      <action dev="felipeal" type="fix" issue="MPWAR-33">Removed attribute
+        <code>update=true</code>from
+        <code>ant:jar</code>call, so now a fresh WAR is created on each run.
+      </action>
+      <action dev="vmassol" type="update">Made the
+        <code>maven.war.final.name</code>property public as it is required by several other plugins and before this change the only way is for these plugins was to call the non-public
+        <code>war:init</code>goal.
       </action>
       <action dev="carlos" type="update">Splitted war:webapp in war:war-resources and war:webapp.</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="update">Deprecated war:load hook goal</action>
-      <action dev="dion" type="fix" issue="MPWAR-22">
-        Allow use of maven.war.manifest to specify the manifest file location.
-      </action>
+      <action dev="dion" type="fix" issue="MPWAR-22">Allow use of maven.war.manifest to specify the manifest file location.</action>
       <action dev="dion" type="update">Make docs more readable.</action>
     </release>
     <release version="1.6" date="2004-05-12">
