diff --git a/faq/project.xml b/faq/project.xml
index ed1c8a8c..24d1e98c 100644
--- a/faq/project.xml
+++ b/faq/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-faq-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven FAQ Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.4</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.5-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <gumpRepositoryId>jakarta</gumpRepositoryId>
   <description>Creates XDoc documentation from an FAQ XML document.</description>
   <shortDescription>FAQ Plugin</shortDescription>
diff --git a/faq/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/faq/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
index 8dea8a66..3035f722 100644
--- a/faq/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
+++ b/faq/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
  -->
 <project xmlns:util="jelly:util"
+         xmlns:assert="assert"
          xmlns:j="jelly:core">
          
   <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="clean,test-faq">
@@ -25,19 +26,8 @@
   <goal name="test-faq">
     <attainGoal name="site"/>
 
-    <j:set var="expectedFile" 
-      value="${maven.docs.dest}/faq.html"/>
-    <util:file var="file" name="${expectedFile}" />
-    <j:if test="${!(file.exists())}">
-      <fail>${expectedFile} not generated</fail>
-    </j:if>
-
-    <j:set var="expectedFile" 
-      value="${maven.docs.dest}/faq2.html"/>
-    <util:file var="file" name="${expectedFile}" />
-    <j:if test="${!(file.exists())}">
-      <fail>${expectedFile} not generated</fail>
-    </j:if>
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${maven.docs.dest}/faq.html"/>
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${maven.docs.dest}/faq2.html"/>
 
   </goal>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/faq/xdocs/changes.xml b/faq/xdocs/changes.xml
index 78bced2f..dc68a939 100644
--- a/faq/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/faq/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
     <author email="dion@apache.org">dIon Gillard</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.5-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="dion" type="update">Use assert tag library in plugin tests.</action>
+    </release>
+    
     <release version="1.4" date="2004-06-25">
       <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPFAQ-13">Correctly pass through CDATA content</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPFAQ-12">Make sure maven.faq.src exists to avoid exceptions</action>
diff --git a/gump/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/gump/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
index 364d6c4a..1defd2b7 100644
--- a/gump/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
+++ b/gump/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
  -->
 <project xmlns:util="jelly:util"
+         xmlns:assert="assert"
          xmlns:j="jelly:core">
          
   <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-gump">
@@ -23,12 +24,8 @@
   </goal>
   
   <goal name="test-gump">
-    <j:set var="expectedFile" value="${basedir}/gump.xml"/>
     <attainGoal name="gump"/>
-    <util:file var="descriptor" name="${expectedFile}" />
-    <j:if test="${!(descriptor.exists())}">
-      <fail>gump.xml not generated</fail>
-    </j:if>
-    <delete file="${expectedFile}"/>
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${basedir}/gump.xml"/>
+    <delete file="${basedir}/gump.xml"/>
   </goal>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gump/xdocs/changes.xml b/gump/xdocs/changes.xml
index e1d83b50..b3a861d4 100644
--- a/gump/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/gump/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.4-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="dion" type="update">Plugin tests now use assert taglib</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="add" issue="MPGUMP-1">Allow creation of &lt;maven descriptor element, and default to it</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="add">Add maven.gump.ant.target and maven.gump.maven.goal properties</action>
     </release>
