diff --git a/jar/project.xml b/jar/project.xml
index f19af6fc..27b404a4 100644
--- a/jar/project.xml
+++ b/jar/project.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-jar-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Jar Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.9-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.8.1-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>Plugin for creating JAR files.</description>
   <shortDescription>Create jar files</shortDescription>
   <versions>
diff --git a/jar/xdocs/changes.xml b/jar/xdocs/changes.xml
index 474bf482..6f7627ed 100644
--- a/jar/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/jar/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <author email="dion@apache.org">dIon Gillard</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.9-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
+    <release version="1.8.1-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MAVEN-1789">Change the default repository to http://repo1.maven.org/maven/ for dependencies url in the manifest.</action>
         <action dev="ltheussl" type="update">Update to velocity 1.5.</action>
     </release>
