diff --git a/dist/project.xml b/dist/project.xml
index eb4ab2dc..c5e2995e 100644
--- a/dist/project.xml
+++ b/dist/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-dist-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Distribution Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.6-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>11.6</currentVersion>
   <shortDescription>Create source and binary distributions</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/dist/</url>
   <issueTrackingUrl>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPDIST</issueTrackingUrl>
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
       <name>1.5</name>
       <tag>MAVEN_DIST_1_5</tag>
     </version>
+    <version>
+      <id>11.6</id>
+      <name>11.6</name>
+      <tag>MAVEN_DIST_1_6</tag>
+    </version>
   </versions>
   <developers>
     <developer>
@@ -84,4 +89,3 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
-
diff --git a/dist/xdocs/changes.xml b/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
index c7ad6d8f..12d238e9 100644
--- a/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <author email="vmassol@octo.com">Vincent Massol</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.6-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+    <release version="11.6" date="2004-06-25">
       <action dev="brett" type="update">Use artifact plugin for deployments</action>
     </release>
     <release version="1.5" date="2004-05-15">