diff --git a/idea/project.xml b/idea/project.xml
index dc3f57cd..5b9db24a 100644
--- a/idea/project.xml
+++ b/idea/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-idea-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven IDEA Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.6-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <shortDescription>IDEA Plugin for Maven</shortDescription>
   <description>IDEA Plugin for Maven.</description>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/idea/</url>
diff --git a/idea/xdocs/changes.xml b/idea/xdocs/changes.xml
index f1a593c4..cdbb075a 100644
--- a/idea/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/idea/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <author email="michal.maczka@dimatic.com">Michal Maczka</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.5.1-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+    <release version="1.6-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
       <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPIDEA-12" due-to="Matthew McGowan">exclude build output directory in module</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPIDEA-17">set module to JAVA_MODULE for compatibility with both 4.5 and Irida.</action>
     </release>
