diff --git a/dist/project.xml b/dist/project.xml
index c5e2995e..9cd9c51e 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>11.6</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.6</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>
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
       <tag>MAVEN_DIST_1_5</tag>
     </version>
     <version>
-      <id>11.6</id>
-      <name>11.6</name>
+      <id>1.6</id>
+      <name>1.6</name>
       <tag>MAVEN_DIST_1_6</tag>
     </version>
   </versions>