diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 118aac06..97abb3cc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 # Major changes to the IOCCC entry toolkit
 
 
+## Release 1.6.2 2024-10-23
+
+Fix annoying bug where the `MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_VERSION` could not be in
+`soup/version.h` and the `MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_EOF` could not be in
+`mkiocccentry.h`.
+
+Fix `write_echo()` in `test_ioccc/prep.sh` to not leave lines in the log file
+that simply say `OK`.
+
+
 ## Release 1.6.1 2024-10-22
 
 Sync the `jparse/` directory with state, as of 2024-10-22, of the
diff --git a/mkiocccentry.c b/mkiocccentry.c
index 673f1274..bab4a2d3 100644
--- a/mkiocccentry.c
+++ b/mkiocccentry.c
@@ -95,24 +95,6 @@
  */
 #define REQUIRED_ARGS (4)	/* number of required arguments on the command line */
 
-/*
- * Answers file constants.
- *
- * Version of answers file.
- * Use format:
- *
- *         MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS-IOCCCMOCK-major.minor
- *         MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS-IOCCC[0-9[0-9]-major.minor
- *
- * The following is NOT the version of this mkiocccentry tool!
- *
- * NOTE: these MUST be here and NOT in version.h or in mkiocccentry.h!
- */
-#define MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_VERSION "MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_IOCCC28-1.0"
-/* Answers file EOF marker */
-#define MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_EOF "ANSWERS_EOF"
-
-
 /*
  * usage message
  *
diff --git a/mkiocccentry.h b/mkiocccentry.h
index 04f7964c..076633fd 100644
--- a/mkiocccentry.h
+++ b/mkiocccentry.h
@@ -107,18 +107,12 @@
  */
 #include "soup/entry_util.h"
 
-/*
- * mkiocccentry tool basename
- */
-#define MKIOCCCENTRY_BASENAME "mkiocccentry"
-
-
 /*
  * definitions
  *
- * NOTE: MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_VERSION and MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_EOF must be defined
- *	 in mkiocccentry.c and not here.
  */
+#define MKIOCCCENTRY_BASENAME "mkiocccentry"	/* mkiocccentry tool basename for -V/-h */
+#define MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_EOF "ANSWERS_EOF" /* answers file EOF marker */
 #define ISO_3166_1_CODE_URL0 "\thttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1#Officially_assigned_code_elements"
 #define ISO_3166_1_CODE_URL1 "\thttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2"
 #define ISO_3166_1_CODE_URL2 "\thttps://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:pub:PUB500001:en"
diff --git a/soup/version.h b/soup/version.h
index 7968618e..45142ffa 100644
--- a/soup/version.h
+++ b/soup/version.h
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@
  *
  * NOTE: This should match the latest Release string in CHANGES.md
  */
-#define MKIOCCCENTRY_REPO_VERSION "1.6.1 2024-10-22"	/* special release format: major.minor.patch YYYY-MM-DD */
+#define MKIOCCCENTRY_REPO_VERSION "1.6.2 2024-10-23"	/* special release format: major.minor.patch YYYY-MM-DD */
+
 
 /*
  * official soup version (aka recipe :-) )
@@ -79,9 +80,10 @@
 #define IOCCCSIZE_VERSION "28.15 2024-06-27"	/* format: major.minor YYYY-MM-DD */
 
 /*
- * official mkiocccentry version
+ * official mkiocccentry versions (mkiocccentry itself and answers)
  */
 #define MKIOCCCENTRY_VERSION "1.0.8 2024-08-23"	/* format: major.minor YYYY-MM-DD */
+#define MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_VERSION "MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_IOCCC28-1.0" /* answers file version */
 
 /*
  * Version of info for JSON the .info.json file.
diff --git a/test_ioccc/mkiocccentry_test.sh b/test_ioccc/mkiocccentry_test.sh
index 2d8bfd3f..c5d7bff5 100755
--- a/test_ioccc/mkiocccentry_test.sh
+++ b/test_ioccc/mkiocccentry_test.sh
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ EOF
 }
 rm -f answers.txt
 # Retrieve the answers version from mkiocccentry.c and write to answers file:
-grep -E '^#define MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_VERSION' mkiocccentry.c | cut -d' ' -f3 | sed 's/"//g' >answers.txt
+grep -E '^#define MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_VERSION' soup/version.h | cut -d' ' -f3 | sed 's/"//g' >answers.txt
 # Append answers + EOF marker
 #
 # We disable this shellcheck error because answers already is defined but we
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ EOF
 }
 rm -f answers.txt
 # Retrieve the answers version from mkiocccentry.c and write to answers file:
-grep -E '^#define MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_VERSION' mkiocccentry.c | cut -d' ' -f3 | sed 's/"//g' >answers.txt
+grep -E '^#define MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_VERSION' soup/version.h | cut -d' ' -f3 | sed 's/"//g' >answers.txt
 # Append answers + EOF marker
 #
 # We disable this shellcheck error because answers already is defined but we
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ EOF
 }
 rm -f answers.txt
 # Retrieve the answers version from mkiocccentry.c and write to answers file:
-grep -E '^#define MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_VERSION' mkiocccentry.c | cut -d' ' -f3 | sed 's/"//g' >answers.txt
+grep -E '^#define MKIOCCCENTRY_ANSWERS_VERSION' soup/version.h | cut -d' ' -f3 | sed 's/"//g' >answers.txt
 # Append answers + EOF marker
 answers >>answers.txt
 
diff --git a/test_ioccc/prep.sh b/test_ioccc/prep.sh
index ff778479..431b1fe7 100755
--- a/test_ioccc/prep.sh
+++ b/test_ioccc/prep.sh
@@ -143,7 +143,11 @@ write_echo()
     local MSG="$*"
 
     if [[ -n "$LOGFILE" ]]; then
-	echo "$MSG" | tee -a -- "$LOGFILE"
+	if [[ "$MSG" != "OK" ]]; then
+	    echo "$MSG" | tee -a -- "$LOGFILE"
+	else
+	    echo "$MSG"
+	fi
     else
 	echo "$MSG" 1>&2
     fi