diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
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--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-jetty-7.0.0.RC2-SNAPSHOT
+jetty-7.0.0.RC2 29 June 2009
  + 283844 Webapp / TLD errors are not clear
  + 283375 improved extensibility of SSL connectors
  + 283818 fixed merge of forward parameters