diff --git a/ant/project.xml b/ant/project.xml
index f69020fa..12f09d44 100644
--- a/ant/project.xml
+++ b/ant/project.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-ant-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Ant Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.5-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.5</currentVersion>
   <description>Generates ant build files from a maven project, so that plain ant users can build your project</description>
   <shortDescription>Generate Ant build file</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/ant/</url>
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@
     <connection>scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic:maven/src/plugins-build/ant/</connection>
     <url>http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/maven/src/plugins-build/ant/</url>
   </repository>
+  
+  <versions>
+    <version>
+      <id>1.5</id>
+      <name>1.5</name>
+      <tag>MAVEN_ANT_1_5</tag>
+    </version>
+  </versions>
+  
   <developers>
     <developer>
       <name>dIon Gillard</name>
diff --git a/ant/src/announcements/1.5.ann b/ant/src/announcements/1.5.ann
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2bb6b493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ant/src/announcements/1.5.ann
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+The Maven team is pleased to announce the Ant plugin 1.5 release!
+
+http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/ant/
+
+The Maven Ant plugin is a plugin that generates a simple Ant build file from
+the project.xml file.
+
+Fixed in this version
+
+o Absolute paths were being generated in build.xml. Relative paths are now output
+
+Note that this plugin has been tested with Maven 1.0 rc1. Using it with
+another version of Maven is at your own risk! :-)
+
+You can download and install the Ant plugin by using
+
+maven -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=maven-ant-plugin -Dversion=1.5 plugin:download
+
+Have fun!
+-dIon
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