diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 177c678b66c04f919a20bad16db0f96b3e26b72b..df4815b21baa39b191d48e3da2440512fc1ece61 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson.main</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.61-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.61</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 872ce00f2cdb303a6d205cf61b25a49718228fd5..e746e8c22ed6c31ef9c197abab21828f70749795 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   
   <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson.main</groupId>
   <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.61-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.61</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   
   <name>Hudson main module</name>
@@ -31,4 +31,8 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>hudson-1_61</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/war/pom.xml b/war/pom.xml
index 87ac0b67fdf10cd6fc4854e0f81ca489f1afbbf6..cc164d6f5f98534cac716fa92f870b3aeaf46e78 100644
--- a/war/pom.xml
+++ b/war/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson.main</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.61-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.61</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>