diff --git a/pdf/plugin.jelly b/pdf/plugin.jelly
index 4f442943..f69e4124 100644
--- a/pdf/plugin.jelly
+++ b/pdf/plugin.jelly
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ plugin.currentVersion           = [${plugin.currentVersion}]
       <sysproperty key="javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory" value="org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl"/>
       <!-- System proxies for jdk 1.5+ -->
       <sysproperty key="java.net.useSystemProxies" value="true"/>
+      <!-- For Batik and SVG -->
+      <sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" path="true"/>
       <!-- Proxy settings -->
       <j:if test="${!empty(maven.proxy.host)}">
         <jvmarg value="-DproxySet=true"/>
diff --git a/pdf/project.xml b/pdf/project.xml
index 070280c9..d5af4165 100644
--- a/pdf/project.xml
+++ b/pdf/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <artifactId>maven-pdf-plugin</artifactId>
   <name>Maven PDF Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>2.5.1</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>PDF Documentation generator</description>
   <shortDescription>Generator of project documentation in PDF Format.</shortDescription>
   <versions>
diff --git a/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml b/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
index 965d757d..400bc6b2 100644
--- a/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
     <author email="aheritier@apache.org">Arnaud Heritier</author> 
   </properties>  
   <body> 
+    <release version="2.5.2-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN"> 
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="fix">Use AWT headless mode to generate SVG with batik (JDK 1.4 required).</action> 
+    </release> 
     <release version="2.5.1" date="2007-03-28"> 
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPPDF-57">Unable to remove cover type and version.</action> 
     </release>  
