diff --git a/scm/plugin.jelly b/scm/plugin.jelly
index a2847e3f..1de105c4 100644
--- a/scm/plugin.jelly
+++ b/scm/plugin.jelly
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
   <goal name="scm:cvs-create-patch">
     <ant:delete dir="${maven.scm.cvs.patch.dir}"/>
     <ant:mkdir  dir="${maven.scm.cvs.patch.dir}"/>
-    <cvs command="diff -u -N -R" output="${maven.scm.cvs.patch.dir}/${maven.scm.cvs.patch.file}"
+    <cvs command="diff -u -w -N -R" output="${maven.scm.cvs.patch.dir}/${maven.scm.cvs.patch.file}"
       quiet="${maven.scm.cvs.quiet}"
       cvsRsh="${maven.scm.cvs.rsh}"
       cvsRoot="${maven.scm.cvs.root}"
diff --git a/scm/project.xml b/scm/project.xml
index 9ff94f77..c0efa5e4 100644
--- a/scm/project.xml
+++ b/scm/project.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <extend>../plugin-parent/project.xml</extend>
   <id>maven-scm-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Source Control Management Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.4.1</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.4.2-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>A plugin for SCM tasks, currently CVS.</description>
   <shortDescription>SCM Plugin for Maven. Requires Maven 1.0 RC2.</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/scm/</url>
diff --git a/scm/xdocs/changes.xml b/scm/xdocs/changes.xml
index ee696da9..f71d7bde 100644
--- a/scm/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/scm/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
     <author email="brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.4.2-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="dion" type="fix" issue="MPSCM-25">Ignore whitespace when creating a patch</action>
+    </release>
+    
     <release version="1.4.1" date="2004-07-30">
       <action dev="dion" type="fix" issue="MPSCM-16">Trim goals after prompting from the user</action>
       <action dev="dion" type="add" issue="MPSCM-20">Add scm:cvs-create-patch goal to help in creating patches</action>
