diff --git a/ejb/announcements/1.3.ann b/ejb/announcements/1.3.ann
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1742ccd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ejb/announcements/1.3.ann
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+The Maven team is pleased to announce the EJB plugin 1.3 release!
+
+http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/ejb
+
+The Maven EJB plugin is a plugin for building J2EE EJBs.
+
+User-visible changes in this version:
+
+o maven.ejb.src directory is only included in the ejb if it exists.
+
+
+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 the EJB plugin here:
+http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/maven/plugins/maven-ejb-plugin-1.3.jar
+
+Have fun!
+-dIon
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diff --git a/ejb/project.xml b/ejb/project.xml
index 34c88f08..3d7ebc42 100644
--- a/ejb/project.xml
+++ b/ejb/project.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-ejb-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven EJB Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.3-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.3</currentVersion>
   <description>EJB Plugin for Maven</description>
   <shortDescription>EJB Plugin for Maven</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/ejb/</url>
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
     <connection>scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic:maven-plugins/ejb/</connection>
     <url>http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/maven-plugins/ejb/</url>
   </repository>
+  <versions>
+    <version>
+      <id>1.3</id>
+      <name>1.3</name>
+      <tag>MAVEN_EJB_1_3</tag>
+    </version>
+  </versions>
   <mailingLists/>
   <developers>
     <developer>
diff --git a/ejb/xdocs/changes.xml b/ejb/xdocs/changes.xml
index 635aa04b..3e670109 100644
--- a/ejb/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/ejb/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
 
-    <release version="1.3" date="in CVS">
+    <release version="1.3" date="2004-01-29">
       <action dev="dion" type="fix">
         Only include maven.ejb.src if it exists
       </action>
diff --git a/ejb/xdocs/navigation.xml b/ejb/xdocs/navigation.xml
index fdaf3d8b..6d85c7db 100644
--- a/ejb/xdocs/navigation.xml
+++ b/ejb/xdocs/navigation.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
       <item name="Tasks" href="/tasks.html"/>
     </menu>
     <menu name="Downloads">
+      <item name="EJB Plugin 1.3" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/maven/plugins/maven-ejb-plugin-1.3.jar"/>
       <item name="EJB Plugin 1.2" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/maven/plugins/maven-ejb-plugin-1.2.jar"/>
     </menu>
   </body>