diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index c185d292af1..59dc223e559 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jetty-7.0.1-SNAPSHOT
  + 291340 Race condition in onException() notifications
  + 291589 Update jetty-rewrite demo
 
-jetty-7.0.0
+jetty-7.0.0.v20091005 October 5 2009
  + 289958 StatisticsServlet incorrectly adds StatisticsHandler
  + Remove printlns from jetty-plus
  + 290081 Eager consume LF after CR