diff --git a/icu4j/build.properties b/icu4j/build.properties
index 14b982f3159..564fd33c375 100644
--- a/icu4j/build.properties
+++ b/icu4j/build.properties
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #* Copyright (C) 2009-2016, International Business Machines Corporation and    *
 #* others. All Rights Reserved.                                                *
 #*******************************************************************************
-api.report.version = 61
-api.report.prev.version = 60
-release.file.ver = 61rc
-api.doc.version = 61 Release Candidate
-maven.pom.ver = 61.1-SNAPSHOT
+api.report.version = 60
+api.report.prev.version = 59
+release.file.ver = 60rc
+api.doc.version = 60 Release Candidate
+maven.pom.ver = 60.1
 
diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/VersionInfo.java b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/VersionInfo.java
index 69d1a305a79..df08d7c6360 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/VersionInfo.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/VersionInfo.java
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public final class VersionInfo implements Comparable<VersionInfo>
      * @deprecated This API is ICU internal only.
      */
     @Deprecated
-    public static final String ICU_DATA_VERSION_PATH = "61b";
+    public static final String ICU_DATA_VERSION_PATH = "60b";
 
     /**
      * Data version in ICU4J.
@@ -567,8 +567,8 @@ public final class VersionInfo implements Comparable<VersionInfo>
         UNICODE_9_0   = getInstance(9, 0, 0, 0);
         UNICODE_10_0   = getInstance(10, 0, 0, 0);
 
-        ICU_VERSION   = getInstance(61, 1, 0, 0);
-        ICU_DATA_VERSION = getInstance(61, 0, 1, 0);
+        ICU_VERSION   = getInstance(60, 1, 0, 0);
+        ICU_DATA_VERSION = getInstance(60, 0, 1, 0);
         UNICODE_VERSION = UNICODE_10_0;
 
         UCOL_RUNTIME_VERSION = getInstance(9);
diff --git a/icu4j/main/shared/build/common.properties b/icu4j/main/shared/build/common.properties
index 0d4c3d72920..a8f1ed98665 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/shared/build/common.properties
+++ b/icu4j/main/shared/build/common.properties
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 #*******************************************************************************
 
 # Version numbers, etc.
-icu4j.spec.version = 61
-icu4j.impl.version = 61.1
-icu4j.data.version = 61
+icu4j.spec.version = 60
+icu4j.impl.version = 60.1
+icu4j.data.version = 60
 default.exec.env = JavaSE-1.6
 
 copyright = \u00A9 2016 and later: Unicode, Inc. and others. License & terms of use: http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html#License
diff --git a/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/DebugUtilitiesData.java b/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/DebugUtilitiesData.java
index 679a94c0fc0..e31b83f503e 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/DebugUtilitiesData.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/DebugUtilitiesData.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 package com.ibm.icu.dev.test.util;
 
 public class DebugUtilitiesData extends Object {
-    public static final String ICU4C_VERSION="61.1";
+    public static final String ICU4C_VERSION="60.1";
     public static final int UDebugEnumType = 0;
     public static final int UCalendarDateFields = 1;
     public static final int UCalendarMonths = 2;