diff --git a/app-packages/accumulo/pom.xml b/app-packages/accumulo/pom.xml
index 611940c..742b164 100644
--- a/app-packages/accumulo/pom.xml
+++ b/app-packages/accumulo/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.slider.packages</groupId>
     <artifactId>slider-app-packages</artifactId>
-    <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.61.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
     <app.user>yarn</app.user>
     <app.user.group>hadoop</app.user.group>
     <!-- these are for accumulo processes -->
-    <accumulo.keytab></accumulo.keytab>
-    <accumulo.principal></accumulo.principal>
+    <accumulo.keytab />
+    <accumulo.principal />
     <!-- these are for the AM -->
     <accumulo.headless.keytab>${accumulo.keytab}</accumulo.headless.keytab>
     <accumulo.headless.principal>${accumulo.principal}</accumulo.headless.principal>
diff --git a/app-packages/command-logger/application-pkg/pom.xml b/app-packages/command-logger/application-pkg/pom.xml
index ec7f3fa..d3662e0 100644
--- a/app-packages/command-logger/application-pkg/pom.xml
+++ b/app-packages/command-logger/application-pkg/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.slider</groupId>
     <artifactId>slider</artifactId>
-    <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.61.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/app-packages/command-logger/slider-pkg/pom.xml b/app-packages/command-logger/slider-pkg/pom.xml
index 6e8f979..ba728df 100644
--- a/app-packages/command-logger/slider-pkg/pom.xml
+++ b/app-packages/command-logger/slider-pkg/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<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">
+<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">
   <!--
    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.slider</groupId>
     <artifactId>slider</artifactId>
-    <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.61.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/app-packages/hbase/pom.xml b/app-packages/hbase/pom.xml
index aad3fef..34d7a17 100644
--- a/app-packages/hbase/pom.xml
+++ b/app-packages/hbase/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<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">
+<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">
   <!--
    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.slider.packages</groupId>
     <artifactId>slider-app-packages</artifactId>
-    <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.61.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@
                 <phase>validate</phase>
                 <configuration>
                   <target name="copy and rename file">
-                    <copy file="${pkg.src}/${pkg.name}" tofile="${project.build.directory}/${pkg.name}"/>
+                    <copy file="${pkg.src}/${pkg.name}" tofile="${project.build.directory}/${pkg.name}" />
                   </target>
                 </configuration>
                 <goals>
diff --git a/app-packages/pom.xml b/app-packages/pom.xml
index 7550692..d55ab35 100644
--- a/app-packages/pom.xml
+++ b/app-packages/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<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">
+<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">
   <!--
    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.slider</groupId>
     <artifactId>slider</artifactId>
-    <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.61.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/app-packages/storm/pom.xml b/app-packages/storm/pom.xml
index 94870ab..b1bb0c1 100644
--- a/app-packages/storm/pom.xml
+++ b/app-packages/storm/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<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">
+<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">
   <!--
    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.slider.packages</groupId>
     <artifactId>slider-app-packages</artifactId>
-    <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.61.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b6e1e19..bd39e30 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.slider</groupId>
   <artifactId>slider</artifactId>
   <name>Slider</name>
-  <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.61.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <description>
diff --git a/slider-agent/pom.xml b/slider-agent/pom.xml
index 04993bc..7f2fc9f 100644
--- a/slider-agent/pom.xml
+++ b/slider-agent/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.slider</groupId>
     <artifactId>slider</artifactId>
-    <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.61.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>slider-agent</artifactId>
diff --git a/slider-assembly/pom.xml b/slider-assembly/pom.xml
index 654bb86..216ca08 100644
--- a/slider-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/slider-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.slider</groupId>
     <artifactId>slider</artifactId>
-    <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.61.0</version>
   </parent>
 
 
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@
 <!--
               <release>${project.version}</release>
 -->
-              <!---->
-              <distribution></distribution>
+              
+              <distribution />
               <group>Applications/Engineering</group>
               <!--<icon>src/main/resources/icon.gif</icon>-->
               <!--<packager>ASF</packager>-->
diff --git a/slider-core/pom.xml b/slider-core/pom.xml
index 370539a..a28a253 100644
--- a/slider-core/pom.xml
+++ b/slider-core/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.slider</groupId>
     <artifactId>slider</artifactId>
-    <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.61.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/slider-funtest/pom.xml b/slider-funtest/pom.xml
index af08d1c..cf8c48b 100644
--- a/slider-funtest/pom.xml
+++ b/slider-funtest/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.slider</groupId>
     <artifactId>slider</artifactId>
-    <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.61.0</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <work.dir>package-tmp</work.dir>
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
             <test.app.pkg.name>CMD_LOGGER</test.app.pkg.name>
             <test.app.resource>../slider-core/src/test/app_packages/test_command_log/resources.json</test.app.resource>
             <test.app.template>../slider-core/src/test/app_packages/test_command_log/appConfig.json</test.app.template>
-            <vagrant.current.working.dir></vagrant.current.working.dir>
+            <vagrant.current.working.dir />
           </systemPropertyVariables>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/slider-providers/accumulo/accumulo-funtests/pom.xml b/slider-providers/accumulo/accumulo-funtests/pom.xml
index bd57687..f294fdd 100644
--- a/slider-providers/accumulo/accumulo-funtests/pom.xml
+++ b/slider-providers/accumulo/accumulo-funtests/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.slider</groupId>
     <artifactId>slider</artifactId>
-    <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.61.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../../</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slider-providers/accumulo/slider-accumulo-provider/pom.xml b/slider-providers/accumulo/slider-accumulo-provider/pom.xml
index 6fc8323..fa8186f 100644
--- a/slider-providers/accumulo/slider-accumulo-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/slider-providers/accumulo/slider-accumulo-provider/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.slider</groupId>
     <artifactId>slider</artifactId>
-    <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.61.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../../</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slider-providers/hbase/hbase-funtests/pom.xml b/slider-providers/hbase/hbase-funtests/pom.xml
index df0f7eb..ea4931c 100644
--- a/slider-providers/hbase/hbase-funtests/pom.xml
+++ b/slider-providers/hbase/hbase-funtests/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.slider</groupId>
     <artifactId>slider</artifactId>
-    <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.61.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../../</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slider-providers/hbase/slider-hbase-provider/pom.xml b/slider-providers/hbase/slider-hbase-provider/pom.xml
index e6f46d8..4cfed3a 100644
--- a/slider-providers/hbase/slider-hbase-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/slider-providers/hbase/slider-hbase-provider/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.slider</groupId>
     <artifactId>slider</artifactId>
-    <version>0.61.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.61.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../../</relativePath>
   </parent>