diff --git a/xdoc/announcements/1.5.ann b/xdoc/announcements/1.5.ann
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..982430be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xdoc/announcements/1.5.ann
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+The Maven team is pleased to announce the XDoc plugin 1.5 release!
+
+http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/xdoc/
+
+A plugin for converting Anakia xdocs into styled HTML
+
+User-visible changes in this version:
+
+ - generated site is valid tableless XHTML with a fully css layout.
+ - Html elements are now used properly: link lists are ul, 
+   titles are h1, h2, etc. 
+ - invalid html produced for sections "name" elements is now fixed, 
+   escaping unvalid chars (replaced by "_"). 
+ - Hrefs for local links (starting with "#") are fixed accordingly during transformation  
+ - whitespace in output has been dramatically reduced (only preserved in sensitive elements 
+   such as pre, script, style
+ - fixes layout during loading in internet explorer: empty images in the 
+   nav bar are popping up with the default blue border and text is 
+   initially unstyled. 
+ - No empty images are used anymore ("handles" for nav bar are created using css)
+ - xdoc:copy-user-resources also copies resource from maven.gen.docs and 
+   not only from maven.docs.src: this allows for reporting plugins to generate
+   images without copying them directly to maven.docs.dest
+ - users can add links _after_ the standard project info/project reports section 
+   setting the "type" attribute to "footer" for the menu element 
+   ($nav/body/menu[@type='footer']) 
+ - development process URL is not included if maven.xdoc.developmentProcessUrl is empty
+ - xhtml fix: missing "alt" attribute for images (required in xhtml) is added automatically
+ - Document maven.xdoc.jsl.
+ - Evenly space breadcrumbs, customize separator.
+ - Better timezone calcs
+ - Fix bad docs entries for maven.docs.dest and maven.gen.docs.
+ - Add details on date format.
+ - Fix excess whitespace.
+ - Fixed empty scm repository and issue tracking URL still being added
+   to the project navigation.
+ 
+
+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 install the plugin with Maven 1.0 rc1 or later using:
+maven -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=maven-xdoc-plugin -Dversion=1.5  plugin:download
+
+You can download the plugin here:
+http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/maven/plugins/maven-xdoc-plugin-1.5.jar
+
+Have fun!
+-dIon
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diff --git a/xdoc/project.xml b/xdoc/project.xml
index b27f50f8..05d39788 100644
--- a/xdoc/project.xml
+++ b/xdoc/project.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-xdoc-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven XDoc Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.5-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.5</currentVersion>
   <shortDescription>Convert xdocs into HTML</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/xdoc/</url>
   <siteDirectory>/www/maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/xdoc/</siteDirectory>
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
     <connection>scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic:maven/src/plugins-build/xdoc/</connection>
     <url>http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/maven/src/plugins-build/xdoc/</url>
   </repository>
+  <versions>
+    <version>
+      <id>1.5</id>
+      <name>1.5</name>
+      <tag>MAVEN_XDOC_1_5</tag>
+    </version>
+  </versions>
   <developers>
     <developer>
       <name>dIon Gillard</name>
diff --git a/xdoc/xdocs/changes.xml b/xdoc/xdocs/changes.xml
index 27ba3e36..710205b6 100644
--- a/xdoc/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/xdoc/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   </properties>
 
   <body>
-    <release version="1.5" date="in CVS">
+    <release version="1.5" date="2004-02-03">
       <action dev="dion" type="update">
         Apply MPXDOC-77.
         - generated site is valid tableless XHTML with a fully css layout.
diff --git a/xdoc/xdocs/navigation.xml b/xdoc/xdocs/navigation.xml
index b9ea025b..5f24fd85 100644
--- a/xdoc/xdocs/navigation.xml
+++ b/xdoc/xdocs/navigation.xml
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@
       <item name="Changes report"    href="/changes-report.html"/>
       <item name="FAQs"              href="/faq.html"/>
     </menu>
+    <menu name="Downloads">
+      <item name="v1.5" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/maven/plugins/maven-xdoc-plugin-1.5.jar"/>
+    </menu>
   </body>
 </project>