diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 29de3f602..9a0ee5096 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
   <property name="name" value="ant"/>
   <!-- this is the groupId of ant in the Maven repository -->
   <property name="groupid" value="org/apache/ant"/>
-  <property name="project.version" value="1.9.7alpha"/>
+  <property name="project.version" value="1.9.7"/>
   <!-- pom.version is used when doing a distribution and must match with what is checked in under src/etc/poms -->
-  <property name="pom.version" value="1.9.7-SNAPSHOT"/>
+  <property name="pom.version" value="1.9.7"/>
   <property name="manifest-version" value="1.9.7"/>
   <property name="bootstrap.jar" value="ant-bootstrap.jar"/>
 
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-antlr/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-antlr/pom.xml
index 34ffd70f0..76fa06093 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-antlr/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-antlr/pom.xml
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-antlr</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + ANTLR</name>
   <description>antlr specific task.
     The implementation forks a java process, therefore the antlr jar file is only needed at runtime</description>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-bcel/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-bcel/pom.xml
index 395e10753..a6a525413 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-bcel/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-bcel/pom.xml
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-apache-bcel</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + BCEL</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-bsf/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-bsf/pom.xml
index aad7b7073..2bd2832c4 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-bsf/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-bsf/pom.xml
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-apache-bsf</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + BSF</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-log4j/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-log4j/pom.xml
index cc9389bd2..e026177e6 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-log4j/pom.xml
@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>  
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-apache-log4j</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + Log4J</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-oro/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-oro/pom.xml
index d34cfce18..ce5a305cf 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-oro/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-oro/pom.xml
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-apache-oro</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + Apache Oro</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-regexp/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-regexp/pom.xml
index 22489bd5b..29a9ca6fc 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-regexp/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-regexp/pom.xml
@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-apache-regexp</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + Apache Regexp</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-resolver/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-resolver/pom.xml
index 691163676..6396533bd 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-resolver/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-resolver/pom.xml
@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-apache-resolver</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + Apache Resolver</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-xalan2/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-xalan2/pom.xml
index 557e738bd..ed0d1b03b 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-xalan2/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-xalan2/pom.xml
@@ -26,20 +26,20 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>  
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-apache-xalan2</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + Xalan 2</name>
   <description>contains Xalan2-specific features</description>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-commons-logging/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-commons-logging/pom.xml
index e30836b1c..fa0ae89f5 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-commons-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-commons-logging/pom.xml
@@ -26,20 +26,20 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-commons-logging</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + Commons Logging</name>
   <description>Ant Listener based on commons-logging</description>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-commons-net/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-commons-net/pom.xml
index 1683fc2a5..8a7028de8 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-commons-net/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-commons-net/pom.xml
@@ -26,20 +26,20 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-commons-net</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + Commons Net</name>
   <description>ftp, rexec and telnet tasks</description>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-jai/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-jai/pom.xml
index 4de10fba1..b9930aa5f 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-jai/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-jai/pom.xml
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-jai</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + JAI</name>
   <description>image task and corresponding types.
   </description>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-javamail/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-javamail/pom.xml
index 0c8511b4c..8a8e29683 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-javamail/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-javamail/pom.xml
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>  
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-javamail</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + JavaMail</name>
   <description>implementation of the mail task based on javamail.
     Required to send emails to SMTP servers using user/password combinations
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-jdepend/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-jdepend/pom.xml
index eccfbe757..1ffe1d7b0 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-jdepend/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-jdepend/pom.xml
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>  
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-jdepend</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + JDepend</name>
   <description>task jdepend invoking the jdepend parser. There is also a version 2.9.1 of the
     jdepend parser available on the maven repository</description>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-jmf/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-jmf/pom.xml
index 02bd10f1d..350f7db14 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-jmf/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-jmf/pom.xml
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>  
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-jmf</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + JMF</name>
   <description>contains the sound task and a soundplayer listener
     download the dependency from http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/</description>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-jsch/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-jsch/pom.xml
index 2469a0a0c..3d2c33e3b 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-jsch/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-jsch/pom.xml
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>  
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-jsch</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + JSch</name>
   <description>contains the sshexec and scp tasks
   </description>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-junit/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-junit/pom.xml
index c352cf593..b4fd0fda4 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-junit/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-junit/pom.xml
@@ -26,20 +26,20 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>  
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-junit</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + JUnit</name>
   <description>contains the junit and junirreport tasks</description>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-junit4/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-junit4/pom.xml
index d22dc08f6..17f45d28a 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-junit4/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-junit4/pom.xml
@@ -26,20 +26,20 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
         <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.9.7</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-junit4</artifactId>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
     <name>Apache Ant + JUnit 4</name>
     <description>contains JUnit 4.x support</description>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
             <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.9.7</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-launcher/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-launcher/pom.xml
index 517e78b05..cfc25e8c3 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-launcher/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-launcher/pom.xml
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-launcher</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant Launcher</name>
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-netrexx/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-netrexx/pom.xml
index 9df32033e..1f8f62c11 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-netrexx/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-netrexx/pom.xml
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>  
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-netrexx</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + NetRexx</name>
   <description>NetRexxC task
     dependency can be downloaded from http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/netrexx/download.html</description>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Processed too early, before maven-antrun-plugin gets a chance to work:
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-swing/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-swing/pom.xml
index 5459943fc..305c0ed38 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-swing/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-swing/pom.xml
@@ -27,20 +27,20 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>  
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-swing</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + Swing</name>
   <description>a listener and a splash task based on Swing</description>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-testutil/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-testutil/pom.xml
index 6109ff1cb..c901875ca 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-testutil/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-testutil/pom.xml
@@ -27,20 +27,20 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>  
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-testutil</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant Test Utilities</name>
   <description>test utility classes</description>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
      <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml
index b0b82f358..f995df09b 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
     <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.7</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <url>http://ant.apache.org/</url>
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <name>Apache Ant Core</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant-launcher</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/pom.xml
index e15290e2e..99cb090c1 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.7</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>master POM</description>
   <licenses>