diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index af78d45e48c8eeedcdb95f9a88d482dfbcd4ccdb..b756c9c190ed5256ab9f5e1cae3e6a5685d6e213 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-<!-- still a work in progress -->
-<project>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson.main</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.60-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.60</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
@@ -35,12 +34,11 @@
             <phase>generate-resources</phase>
             <configuration>
               <tasks>
-                <property name="build.version" value="${version}"/><!-- default to release version -->
+                <property name="build.version" value="${version}" /><!-- default to release version -->
                 <!-- put the version file -->
                 <echo message="The build id is: ${build.version}" />
-                <mkdir dir="target/classes/hudson"/>
-                <echo file="target/classes/hudson/hudson-version.properties"
-                  >version=${build.version}
+                <mkdir dir="target/classes/hudson" />
+                <echo file="target/classes/hudson/hudson-version.properties">version=${build.version}
                 </echo>
               </tasks>
             </configuration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9aaf05b077d781f0899d391766229dfb513e08d2..ea9e9400183625fa21bc6ea7a4e753588e56fc0a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<project>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson</groupId>
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   
   <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson.main</groupId>
   <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.60-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.60</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   
   <name>Hudson main module</name>
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@
     <module>core</module>
     <module>war</module>
   </modules>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>pom-1_60</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/war/pom.xml b/war/pom.xml
index 176bf9f41a6a6738e6f04dbd6161fcc7326d21f6..079d3ec453a171730938a7b5a41804086dff6022 100644
--- a/war/pom.xml
+++ b/war/pom.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-<project>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson.main</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.60-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.60</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>