diff --git a/release/project.xml b/release/project.xml
index bd576b87..cf024729 100644
--- a/release/project.xml
+++ b/release/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-release-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Release Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.4</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.5-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description/>
   <shortDescription>Produce project release</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/release/</url>
diff --git a/release/xdocs/changes.xml b/release/xdocs/changes.xml
index 03a80e84..f5931a3f 100644
--- a/release/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/release/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
     <author email="dion@apache.org">dIon Gillard</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.5-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+    </release>
+    
     <release version="1.4" date="2004-06-19">
       <action dev="brett" type="fix">Build and run plugin against the installed version of Maven</action>
       <action dev="dion" type="update" issue="MPRELEASE-6">Code cleanup - remove unused imports</action>
diff --git a/release/xdocs/index.xml b/release/xdocs/index.xml
index 2fb0db8a..777f3a8a 100644
--- a/release/xdocs/index.xml
+++ b/release/xdocs/index.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
   <body>
     <section name="Maven Release Plug-in">
+      <p><strong>This plugin is deprecated.</strong></p>
       <p>
         This plug-in provides some basic help with releases.
       </p>
