diff --git a/icu4j/build.properties b/icu4j/build.properties
index 6448f4b1153..def6147a61b 100644
--- a/icu4j/build.properties
+++ b/icu4j/build.properties
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #*******************************************************************************
 api.report.version = 68
 api.report.prev.version = 67
-release.file.ver = 68rc
-api.doc.version = 68 Release Candidate
-maven.pom.ver = 68.1-SNAPSHOT
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+api.doc.version = 68.1
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index ecbd0eac344..0ac1add324a 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/shared/data/icudata.jar
+++ b/icu4j/main/shared/data/icudata.jar
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diff --git a/icu4j/main/shared/data/icutzdata.jar b/icu4j/main/shared/data/icutzdata.jar
index 46e42568844..117b6b969f2 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/shared/data/icutzdata.jar
+++ b/icu4j/main/shared/data/icutzdata.jar
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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diff --git a/icu4j/main/shared/data/testdata.jar b/icu4j/main/shared/data/testdata.jar
index 525abbe535a..1c53ccd98ce 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/shared/data/testdata.jar
+++ b/icu4j/main/shared/data/testdata.jar
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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