diff --git a/changes/plugin.properties b/changes/plugin.properties
index dcf836b4..ab55b076 100644
--- a/changes/plugin.properties
+++ b/changes/plugin.properties
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #  %ISSUE% : this is the issue number.
 # The default template below is the one for the JIRA bug tracker.
 
-maven.changes.issue.template = %URL%/ViewIssue.jspa?key=%ISSUE%
+maven.changes.issue.template = %URL%/%ISSUE%
 
 # For Bugzilla, assuming the issueTrackingUrl points to something like
 # http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/
diff --git a/changes/project.xml b/changes/project.xml
index 6087a795..add9d1f4 100644
--- a/changes/project.xml
+++ b/changes/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-changes-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Changes Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.5</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.6-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <shortDescription>Produce changes report</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/changes/</url>
   <issueTrackingUrl>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPCHANGES</issueTrackingUrl>
diff --git a/changes/xdocs/changes.xml b/changes/xdocs/changes.xml
index 81643907..7b0be128 100644
--- a/changes/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/changes/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
     <author email="vmassol@apache.org">Vincent Massol</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.6-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="vmassol" type="fix" issue="MPCHANGES-17">
+        Use the short notation for JIRA links (<code>%URL%/%ISSUE%</code>).
+      </action>
+    </release>
     <release version="1.5" date="2004-07-08">
       <action dev="vmassol" type="add">Add generation of RSS feed for current version changes</action>
     </release>
