diff --git a/changes/plugin.jelly b/changes/plugin.jelly
index 1dfcb53e..4a6dc4c2 100644
--- a/changes/plugin.jelly
+++ b/changes/plugin.jelly
@@ -40,4 +40,19 @@
       />
     
   </goal>
+
+  <define:taglib uri="changes:transform">
+    <define:tag name="release-version">
+      <j:useBean var="transformer" class="org.apache.maven.changes.ReleaseVersion"/>
+      <util:file var="f" name="${maven.docs.src}/changes.xml" />
+      <j:choose>
+        <j:when test="${date != null}">
+          ${transformer.releaseVersion(f, pom.currentVersion, version, date)}
+        </j:when>
+        <j:otherwise>
+          ${transformer.releaseVersion(f, pom.currentVersion, version)}
+        </j:otherwise>
+      </j:choose>
+    </define:tag>
+  </define:taglib>
 </project>
diff --git a/changes/project.xml b/changes/project.xml
index 7bcc1db3..2d980953 100644
--- a/changes/project.xml
+++ b/changes/project.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,29 @@
         <role>Java Developer</role>
       </roles>
     </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Brett Porter</name>
+      <id>brett</id>
+      <email>brett@apache.org</email>
+      <organization>f2 network</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Java Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+    </developer>
   </developers>
-  <dependencies/>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>dom4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4-dev-8</version>
+      <url>http://www.dom4j.org/</url>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+      <version>20030203.000550</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
   <reports>
     <report>maven-changes-plugin</report>
     <report>maven-changelog-plugin</report>
diff --git a/changes/xdocs/changes.xml b/changes/xdocs/changes.xml
index 81cdcf7d..0dd44a36 100644
--- a/changes/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/changes/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
         HTML tags entered inside <code>&lt;action&gt;</code> tags now show up 
         in the generated report.
       </action>          
+      <action dev="brett" type="add">
+        Add the ability to transform a changes source file to resolve the current
+        version and set the release date.
+      </action>          
     </release>
     
     <release version="1.2" date="2003-09-29">