diff --git a/default.properties b/default.properties
index 3cf9cdd42..2c7ec7edf 100644
--- a/default.properties
+++ b/default.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # $Id$
 
 # The pathname of the "junit.jar" JAR file
-junit.jar = ${junit.home}/junit-3.7.jar
+junit.jar = ${junit.home}/junit-3.8.1.jar
 
 # The name of this component
 component.name = commons-lang
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ component.package = org.apache.commons.lang
 component.title = Core Language Utilities
 
 # The current version number of this component
-component.version = 2.1-RC6
+component.version = 2.1-RC7
 
 # The current year used for the end date in copyrights.
 copyright.end = 2005