diff --git a/checkstyle/project.xml b/checkstyle/project.xml
index d547804a..25012409 100644
--- a/checkstyle/project.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/project.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-checkstyle-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Checkstyle Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>2.0</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>2.1-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description/>
   <shortDescription>Checkstyle Plug-in</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/checkstyle/</url>
diff --git a/checkstyle/xdocs/current/changes.xml b/checkstyle/xdocs/current/changes.xml
index 5cddf712..59e6c651 100644
--- a/checkstyle/xdocs/current/changes.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/xdocs/current/changes.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
   <body>
 
+    <release version="2.1" date="In CVS">
+    </release>
+    
     <release version="2.0" date="2003-09-01">
     
       <action dev="dion" type="fix">Added ignoreLines 1, 6</action>
