diff --git a/jar/project.xml b/jar/project.xml
index 00fd3b8c..292dd433 100644
--- a/jar/project.xml
+++ b/jar/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-jar-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Jar Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.6-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.6</currentVersion>
   <description>Plugin for creating JAR files. Requires Maven 1.0 RC2.</description>
   <shortDescription>Create jar files</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/jar/</url>
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
       <name>1.5</name>
       <tag>MAVEN_JAR_1_5</tag>
     </version>
+    <version>
+      <id>1.6</id>
+      <name>1.6</name>
+      <tag>MAVEN_JAR_1_6</tag>
+    </version>
   </versions>
   <developers/>
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/jar/xdocs/changes.xml b/jar/xdocs/changes.xml
index 7d8c489d..09fd3ba0 100644
--- a/jar/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/jar/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <author email="dion@apache.org">dIon Gillard</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.6" date="In CVS">
+    <release version="1.6" date="2004-06-28">
       <action dev="brett" type="update">Use the artifact plugin for installation</action>
       <action dev="evenisse" type="fix" due-to="Martin van den Bemt" issue="MPJAR-29">Replace Apache Jakarta Maven by Apache Maven in Manifest</action>
     </release>
