diff --git a/ejb/project.xml b/ejb/project.xml
index d2c00a06..9908e6ab 100644
--- a/ejb/project.xml
+++ b/ejb/project.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-ejb-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven EJB Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.7.1</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.8-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>EJB Plugin for Maven</description>
   <shortDescription>EJB Plugin for Maven</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/ejb/</url>
diff --git a/ejb/xdocs/changes.xml b/ejb/xdocs/changes.xml
index 5628a9d5..b2583fbe 100644
--- a/ejb/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/ejb/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@
   <properties>
     <title>Changes</title>
     <author email="nathan.coast@blueyonder.co.uk">Nathan Coast</author>
+    <author email="vmassol@apache.org">Vincent Massol</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.8-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+    </release>
     <release version="1.7.1" date="2005-08-28">
       <action dev="brett" type="fix">Update dependency to Maven Model v3.0.0 final (it was previously depending on 3.0.0 SNAPSHOT).</action>
     </release>
