diff --git a/release/project.xml b/release/project.xml
index 20a74899..6b4bd4fe 100644
--- a/release/project.xml
+++ b/release/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-release-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Release Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.3-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.3</currentVersion>
   <description/>
   <shortDescription>Produce project release</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/release/</url>
@@ -97,5 +97,10 @@
       <name>1.2</name>
       <tag>MAVEN_RELEASE_1_2</tag>
     </version>
+    <version>
+      <id>1.3</id>
+      <name>1.3</name>
+      <tag>MAVEN_RELEASE_1_3</tag>
+    </version>
   </versions>
 </project>
diff --git a/release/xdocs/changes.xml b/release/xdocs/changes.xml
index 851cbf38..0f854bcf 100644
--- a/release/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/release/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <author email="dion@apache.org">dIon Gillard</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.3-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+    <release version="1.3" date="2004-05-15">
       <action dev="dion" type="fix">Fix issues with DOM classes and jdk1.3</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPRELEASE-3">Change deploy:pom goal to pom:deploy goal</action>
     </release>
