diff --git a/dev-tools/scripts/smokeTestRelease.py b/dev-tools/scripts/smokeTestRelease.py
index f97aca6179c..d8c9fd970d0 100644
--- a/dev-tools/scripts/smokeTestRelease.py
+++ b/dev-tools/scripts/smokeTestRelease.py
@@ -182,12 +182,16 @@ def checkJARMetaData(desc, jarFile, version):
     s = decodeUTF8(z.read(MANIFEST_FILE_NAME))
     
     for verify in (
+      'Specification-Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation',
       'Implementation-Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation',
       # Make sure 1.7 compiler was used to build release bits:
       'X-Compile-Source-JDK: 1.7',
+      # Make sure 1.8 ant was used to build release bits: (this will match 1.8+)
+      'Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.8',
       # Make sure .class files are 1.7 format:
       'X-Compile-Target-JDK: 1.7',
       # Make sure this matches the version we think we are releasing:
+      'Implementation-Version: %s' % version,
       'Specification-Version: %s' % version,
       # Make sure the release was compiled with 1.7:
       'Created-By: 1.7'):
diff --git a/solr/common-build.xml b/solr/common-build.xml
index 4c3ffb87467..9e483f69e5d 100644
--- a/solr/common-build.xml
+++ b/solr/common-build.xml
@@ -58,16 +58,6 @@
   	<fileset dir="lib" excludes="${common.classpath.excludes}" erroronmissingdir="false"/>
   </path>
 
-  <!-- Solr Specification Version
-
-       This will be used in the Manifest file, and therefore must
-       match the pattern "digit+{.digit+}*"
-
-       By default, this should be set to "X.Y.M.${dateversion}"
-       where X.Y.M is the last version released (on this branch).
-    -->
-  <property name="solr.spec.version" value="5.0.0.${dateversion}" />
-  
   <!-- defined here to be able to make the forbidden-api checker correctly
    reference it. 'ivy.xml' is also referencing this property. -->
   <property name="commons-io.version" value="2.1" />
@@ -169,7 +159,7 @@
     <attribute name="excludes" default="**/pom.xml,**/*.iml"/>
     <attribute name="metainf.source.dir" default="${common-solr.dir}"/>
     <attribute name="implementation.title" default="org.apache.solr"/>
-    <attribute name="spec.version" default="${solr.spec.version}"/>
+    <attribute name="spec.version" default="${spec.version}"/>
     <attribute name="manifest.file" default="${manifest.file}"/>
     <element name="nested" optional="true" implicit="true"/>
     <sequential>
diff --git a/solr/webapp/build.xml b/solr/webapp/build.xml
index 82a5811a144..695a6cff29a 100644
--- a/solr/webapp/build.xml
+++ b/solr/webapp/build.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
           depends="test, init-dist, dist-core, dist-solrj, lucene-jars-to-solr">
     <build-manifest title="Apache Solr Search Server"
                     implementation.title="org.apache.solr"
-                    spec.version="${solr.spec.version}"/>
+                    spec.version="${spec.version}"/>
     <ant dir="${common-solr.dir}" inheritall="false" target="contribs-add-to-war"/>
     <war destfile="${dist}/solr-${version}${solr.war.suffix}.war"
          webxml="web/WEB-INF/web.xml"