diff --git a/mdw/cli/tests/convert.bats b/mdw/cli/tests/convert.bats
index 1c234650dc..32224cd897 100644
--- a/mdw/cli/tests/convert.bats
+++ b/mdw/cli/tests/convert.bats
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ CONFIG_LOC="--config-loc=../../config"
 STD_ARGS="$PROJECT_DIR $ASSET_LOC $CONFIG_LOC"
 
 @test "convert impl" {
-  # skip 'formal'
+  skip 'formal'
   mdw convert --input=$ASSETS/com/centurylink/mdw/base/RestServiceAdapter.impl $STD_ARGS
   diff $ASSETS/com/centurylink/mdw/workflow/adapter/rest/RestServiceAdapter.java RestServiceAdapter.java.txt
   rm -rf $ASSETS/com/centurylink/mdw/workflow
diff --git a/mdw/cli/tests/quickstart.bats b/mdw/cli/tests/quickstart.bats
index e1235845e8..38048a6efe 100755
--- a/mdw/cli/tests/quickstart.bats
+++ b/mdw/cli/tests/quickstart.bats
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ NO_UPDATE="--no-update"
 }
 
 @test "install" {
-  # skip 'formal'
+  skip 'formal'
   rm -rf install-mdw
   mdw init install-mdw --snapshots $NO_UPDATE $TEMPLATE_DIR
   mdw install --project-dir=./install-mdw --boot-jar-loc=./install-mdw --binaries-url="file://$PWD/../../deploy/app"
diff --git a/mdw/gradle.properties b/mdw/gradle.properties
index 4376420827..c0dc0aa42f 100644
--- a/mdw/gradle.properties
+++ b/mdw/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-mdwVersion=6.1.25-SNAPSHOT
+mdwVersion=6.1.25
 mdwPrevTag=6.1.24
 # (previous tag for validating asset versions)
 
diff --git a/mdw/project.yaml b/mdw/project.yaml
index 1f6159c8b6..c1246e5e69 100644
--- a/mdw/project.yaml
+++ b/mdw/project.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # paths are relative to the location of this file
 mdw:
-  version: 6.1.25-SNAPSHOT
+  version: 6.1.25
 
 asset:
   location: ../mdw-workflow/assets