diff --git a/changes/project.xml b/changes/project.xml
index f3fd05a7..f60b2a7a 100644
--- a/changes/project.xml
+++ b/changes/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-changes-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Changes Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.5.1</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.6-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <shortDescription>Produce changes report</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/changes/</url>
   <issueTrackingUrl>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPCHANGES</issueTrackingUrl>
diff --git a/changes/xdocs/changes.xml b/changes/xdocs/changes.xml
index cc922697..11a09c62 100644
--- a/changes/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/changes/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
     <author email="vmassol@apache.org">Vincent Massol</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.6-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+    </release>
     <release version="1.5.1" date="2004-10-23">
       <action dev="vmassol" type="fix" issue="MPCHANGES-20">Fixed typo in changes.xml example on plugin web site.</action>
       <action dev="carlos" type="fix" issue="MPCHANGES-19">Close output file in ReleaseVersion.releaseVersion()</action>
