diff --git a/integration/pom.xml b/integration/pom.xml
index 2a3d6b1d..1dafa709 100755
--- a/integration/pom.xml
+++ b/integration/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.6</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index afc62e19..9909ef56 100644
--- a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
index c9d3d070..a70bd1cc 100644
--- a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 7d6c42c1..aab01ba1 100644
--- a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 3ded39ab..dc2931e9 100644
--- a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0ad9795b..acdc20b9 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
   <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.7.6</version>
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>SLF4J</name>
diff --git a/slf4j-android/pom.xml b/slf4j-android/pom.xml
index 3c4b90f8..2094f0ab 100644
--- a/slf4j-android/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-android/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.7.6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-api/pom.xml b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
index 63a489c0..bfa000f8 100644
--- a/slf4j-api/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
index 1c5ea303..79c66c79 100644
--- a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml b/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
index b4392625..130066c7 100644
--- a/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.7.6</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
index 0a8814bc..dc50c7b7 100644
--- a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
index 67419e1f..7f0eb0da 100644
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
index b2ac26cc..7fce2f7c 100644
--- a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
index 73887151..af7a96a3 100644
--- a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
index bf854260..efa09b36 100644
--- a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/pom.xml b/slf4j-site/pom.xml
index 3df2aef2..23939318 100644
--- a/slf4j-site/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-site/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
index 4c89416e..77edcb93 100755
--- a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
+++ b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
    <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
 
-   <h3>, 2013 - Release of SLF4J 1.7.6</h3>
+   <h3>February 5th, 2014 - Release of SLF4J 1.7.6</h3>
 
    <p>Added slf4j-android module to the slf4j distribution. This
    module is contributed by Andrey Korzhevskiy.</p>
@@ -43,11 +43,23 @@
    <a href="http://bugzilla.slf4j.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311">bug 311</a>
    by Chetan Mehrotra.
    </p>
+
+   <p>Improvements to the <code>exit()</code> and
+   <code>throwing()</code> methods in <code>XLogger</code>. This
+   enhacement was requested in <a
+   href="http://bugzilla.slf4j.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197">bug 197</a>.
+   </p>
    
+   <p>Concunrrency improvement in <code>MessageFormatter</code>. This
+   improvement was contributed by Vivek Pathak in a <a
+   href="https://github.com/qos-ch/slf4j/pull/52">pull
+   request</a>.</p>
+
    <p>Concunrrency improvement in
    <code>BasicMarkerFactory</code>. This improvement was contributed
-   by Mikhail Mazursky.</p>
-
+   by Mikhail Mazursky in a <a
+   href="https://github.com/qos-ch/slf4j/pull/40">pull
+   request</a>.</p>
 
    <p><code>JCLLoggerAdapter</code> was incorrectly invoking
    <code>isDebugEnabled</code> calls in its <code>trace()</code>
@@ -68,8 +80,6 @@
    classes.
    </p>
 
-
-
    <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
 
    <h3>25th of March, 2013 - Release of SLF4J 1.7.5</h3>