diff --git a/ear/project.xml b/ear/project.xml
index c3bdad40..84621d48 100644
--- a/ear/project.xml
+++ b/ear/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-ear-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven EAR Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.6.1-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.6.1</currentVersion>
   <description>Ear Plugin for Maven</description>
   <shortDescription>Ear Plugin for Maven</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/ear/</url>
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
       <name>1.6</name>
       <tag>MAVEN_EAR_1_6</tag>
     </version>
+    <version>
+      <id>1.6.1</id>
+      <name>1.6.1</name>
+      <tag>MAVEN_EAR_1_6_1</tag>
+    </version>
   </versions>
   <branches/>
   <developers>
diff --git a/ear/xdocs/changes.xml b/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
index d2d91c4c..61d54efe 100644
--- a/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
     <author email="nathan.coast@blueyonder.co.uk">Nathan Coast</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.6.1-SNAPSHOT" date="on CVS">
-      <action dev="felipeal" type="fix" issue="MPEAR-31">Fixed path of bundled dependency on generated <code>application.xml</code>.
+    <release version="1.6.1" date="2004-12-10">
+      <action dev="felipeal" type="fix" issue="MPEAR-31">Fixed path of bundled dependency on generated
+        <code>application.xml</code>.
       </action>
       <action dev="felipeal" type="update" issue="MAVEN-1526">Issues a warning (instead of failing the build) when a case-sensitiveness dependency issue is found</action>
     </release>