diff --git a/apps/pom.xml b/apps/pom.xml
index ab8a81107..1d0d3dd05 100644
--- a/apps/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
index 95bbbbf02..a80981aff 100644
--- a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
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@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
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     <artifactId>struts2-rest-showcase</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
-    <version>6.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>6.1.0</version>
     <name>Struts 2 Rest Showcase Webapp</name>
     <description>Struts 2 Rest Showcase Example</description>
 
diff --git a/apps/showcase/pom.xml b/apps/showcase/pom.xml
index 18a7febc0..fcc7e2940 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 6773c74bd..f3abc8553 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
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diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index e25ca89dd..929fd9ea5 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
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+    <version>6.1.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
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@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
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+        <struts-version.version>6.1.0</struts-version.version>
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+    <tag>STRUTS_6_1_0</tag>
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diff --git a/bundles/admin/pom.xml b/bundles/admin/pom.xml
index 395dcb80f..e3af0273c 100644
--- a/bundles/admin/pom.xml
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diff --git a/bundles/demo/pom.xml b/bundles/demo/pom.xml
index 7258e0dd7..a93182980 100644
--- a/bundles/demo/pom.xml
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index af4fd2d53..d4f7ef6ef 100755
--- a/bundles/pom.xml
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diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index e8b92fbf2..2571f5fc3 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/async/pom.xml b/plugins/async/pom.xml
index 4135b3e35..31a3f489b 100644
--- a/plugins/async/pom.xml
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index 56fe9b03d..adfdf8a1a 100644
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index c56349ee1..ce616142d 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/config-browser/pom.xml b/plugins/config-browser/pom.xml
index cef8a3f81..525abe89b 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/convention/pom.xml b/plugins/convention/pom.xml
index 0157bc957..a3ffc54bc 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/dwr/pom.xml b/plugins/dwr/pom.xml
index 9f94008f0..95a64a842 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/embeddedjsp/pom.xml b/plugins/embeddedjsp/pom.xml
index f76297bcc..54da0fa4f 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/gxp/pom.xml b/plugins/gxp/pom.xml
index d64ae471a..a56d5b716 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml b/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml
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diff --git a/plugins/javatemplates/pom.xml b/plugins/javatemplates/pom.xml
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diff --git a/plugins/jfreechart/pom.xml b/plugins/jfreechart/pom.xml
index 2a587272c..5b4c51f70 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/json/pom.xml b/plugins/json/pom.xml
index 047ee5ff2..d02e1b2de 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/junit/pom.xml b/plugins/junit/pom.xml
index 9c43045a3..8d20f90ea 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/osgi/pom.xml b/plugins/osgi/pom.xml
index 98a251676..4ad98679f 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/oval/pom.xml b/plugins/oval/pom.xml
index f981ae5dd..f0919c12a 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/pell-multipart/pom.xml b/plugins/pell-multipart/pom.xml
index 417199369..849af09ac 100644
--- a/plugins/pell-multipart/pom.xml
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index ca58f500e..13a83fda4 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/portlet-mocks/pom.xml b/plugins/portlet-mocks/pom.xml
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index c13e058e5..0611f5cd7 100644
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index ef9792d55..2a661aa0d 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/sitemesh/pom.xml b/plugins/sitemesh/pom.xml
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diff --git a/plugins/testng/pom.xml b/plugins/testng/pom.xml
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diff --git a/plugins/tiles/pom.xml b/plugins/tiles/pom.xml
index 21eb1a95f..841038a96 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/velocity/pom.xml b/plugins/velocity/pom.xml
index 4edd24379..15bc0ac25 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 28157d70a..4f69a4179 100644
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+    <version>6.1.0</version>
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@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
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