diff --git a/cas-client-core/pom.xml b/cas-client-core/pom.xml
index 6c1da66..d67d29d 100644
--- a/cas-client-core/pom.xml
+++ b/cas-client-core/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jasig.cas</groupId>
-        <version>3.1-RC3</version>
+        <version>3.1</version>
         <artifactId>cas-client</artifactId>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@
 			<groupId>xml-security</groupId>
 			<artifactId>xmlsec</artifactId>
 			<version>1.3.0</version>
-			<scope>runtime</scope>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@
 			<artifactId>opensaml</artifactId>
 			<version>1.1b</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b782c82..3385d31 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <project>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.jasig.cas</groupId>
-    <version>3.1-RC3</version>
+    <version>3.1</version>
     <artifactId>cas-client</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>JA-SIG CAS Client for Java</name>