diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html
index 37f330dbf87a71c76c2791bb7b0caec9df5e0cea..2f8019b74bbf2ba46e28e853760bb0d21657037b 100644
--- a/changelog.html
+++ b/changelog.html
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
 
 <!-- these changes are controlled by the release process. DO NOT MODIFY -->
 <div id="rc" style="display:none;"><!--=BEGIN=-->
-<h3><a name=v1.451>What's new in 1.451</a> <!--=DATE=--></h3>
+<h3><a name=v1.452>What's new in 1.452</a> <!--=DATE=--></h3>
+<!--=RC-CHANGES=-->
+</div><!--=END=-->
+<h3><a name=v1.451>What's new in 1.451</a> (2012/02/13)</h3>
 <ul class=image>
   <li class=bug>
     The <tt>-c</tt> option in the <tt>build</tt> command wasn't working for some SCM.
@@ -107,7 +110,6 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
     Recognize test results from eviware:maven-soapui-plugin.
     (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-11353">issue 11353</a>)    
 </ul>
-</div><!--=END=-->
 <h3><a name=v1.450>What's new in 1.450</a> (2012/01/30)</h3>
 <ul class=image>
   <li class=bug>
diff --git a/debian/debian/changelog b/debian/debian/changelog
index ff8cbe5dad0712a41cb1ff8de1e4917692ce80e3..9614fa97045c78f99d61f60b91acdd8f7953fa12 100644
--- a/debian/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+jenkins (1.451) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * See http://jenkins-ci.org/changelog for more details.
+
+ -- Kohsuke Kawaguchi <kk@kohsuke.org>  Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:15:27 -0800
+
 jenkins (1.450) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * See http://jenkins-ci.org/changelog for more details.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 726ee33186c9361e70568f3baf110077467fb951..9bbdb48e75d648f4e8fcf6b22fc3ed22fc3d1ac8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.2</version>
+        <version>2.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- enable release profile during the release, create IPS package, and sign bits. -->
           <prepareVerifyArgs>-P release,sign</prepareVerifyArgs>