diff --git a/ear/project.xml b/ear/project.xml
index 54d7c991..00c2ef90 100644
--- a/ear/project.xml
+++ b/ear/project.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-ear-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven EAR Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.3</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.4-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>Ear Plugin for Maven</description>
   <shortDescription>Ear Plugin for Maven</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/ear/</url>
diff --git a/ear/xdocs/changes.xml b/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
index aa08f852..54c0aaad 100644
--- a/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
 
+    <release version="1.4" date="in CVS">
+    </release>
+
     <release version="1.3" date="2003-11-26">
       <action dev="dion" type="update" issue="MPEAR-2">
         Added sar support in dependencies.
