diff --git a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyDeliverTest.java b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyDeliverTest.java
index 0c29614e..98a9bb97 100644
--- a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyDeliverTest.java
+++ b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyDeliverTest.java
@@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ public class IvyDeliverTest {
         res.setProject(project);
         res.execute();
 
-        deliver.setPubrevision("1.2");
         deliver.setDeliverpattern("build/test/deliver/merge/ivy-[revision].xml");
+        deliver.setPubrevision("1.2");
+        deliver.setStatus("release");
         deliver.execute();
 
         // should have delivered the file to the specified destination
@@ -138,10 +139,10 @@ public class IvyDeliverTest {
                mergeLine = mergeLine.trim();
                expectedLine = expectedLine.trim();
 
-               if (!mergeLine.startsWith("<info")) {
-                   assertEquals("published descriptor matches at line[" + lineNo + "]",
-                           expectedLine.trim(), mergeLine.trim());
+               if (mergeLine.startsWith("<info")) {
+                   mergeLine = mergeLine.replaceFirst(" publication=\"\\d+\"", "");
                }
+               assertEquals("published descriptor matches at line[" + lineNo + "]", expectedLine.trim(), mergeLine.trim());
 
                ++lineNo;
                mergeLine = merged.readLine();
diff --git a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/ivy-extends-merged.xml b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/ivy-extends-merged.xml
index 5c171232..2e4df4e1 100644
--- a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/ivy-extends-merged.xml
+++ b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/ivy-extends-merged.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 	<info organisation="apache" module="resolve-extends" revision="1.2" status="release">
 		<!-- <extends organisation="apache" module="resolve-simple" revision="1.0" location="./ivy-multiconf.xml"/> -->
-
+	
 		<!-- description inherited from parent -->
 		<description>Demonstrates configuration-specific dependencies</description>
 	</info>