diff --git a/checkstyle/plugin.jelly b/checkstyle/plugin.jelly
index d50f255c..d100fb17 100644
--- a/checkstyle/plugin.jelly
+++ b/checkstyle/plugin.jelly
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@
 
     <mkdir dir="${maven.gen.docs}/checkstyle"/>
 
+    <!-- Make sure xalan is used for ant's style task -->
+    ${systemScope.setProperty('javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory','org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl')}
+
     <style
       in="${maven.checkstyle.output.xml}"
       out="${maven.checkstyle.output.summary.xml}"
diff --git a/checkstyle/project.xml b/checkstyle/project.xml
index 72a03226..ed4567f3 100644
--- a/checkstyle/project.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/project.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-checkstyle-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Checkstyle Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>3.0</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>3.0.1-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description/>
   <shortDescription>Produce Checkstyle report</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/reference/plugins/checkstyle/</url>
@@ -180,5 +180,14 @@
         <classloader>root</classloader>
       </properties>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>xalan</groupId> 
+      <artifactId>xalan</artifactId> 
+      <version>2.4.1</version> 
+      <url>http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/</url> 
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root</classloader>
+      </properties>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml b/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml
index cbe48758..0d1a9260 100644
--- a/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     <author email="evenisse@ifrance.com">Emmanuel Venisse</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="3.0.1" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPCHECKSTYLE-53" due-to="Bernard Durfee">ClassCastException when moving from 2.5 to 3.0. Xalan is used for ant's style task.</action>
+    </release>
     <release version="3.0" date="2006-02-05">
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="update">Upgraded to checkstyle 4.1.</action>
       <action dev="carlos" type="fix" issue="MPCHECKSTYLE-39">Do not assert ASF copyright in checkstyle.rss.</action>