diff --git a/announcement/plugin.jelly b/announcement/plugin.jelly
index b4ad0ed8..93ac6afe 100644
--- a/announcement/plugin.jelly
+++ b/announcement/plugin.jelly
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     </jsl:stylesheet>
     
     <j:if test="${versionFound == null}">
-      <ant:fail>The release '${maven.announcement.version}' could not be found in change log</ant:fail>
+      <ant:fail>The release '${versionVariable}' could not be found in change log</ant:fail>
     </j:if>
     
   </goal>
diff --git a/announcement/project.xml b/announcement/project.xml
index 31769a34..df663237 100644
--- a/announcement/project.xml
+++ b/announcement/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-announcement-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Announcement Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.2</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.3-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>The Announcement plugin generates release announcements. It uses the information found in both the POM and in the changes.xml file to generate the announcement text.</description>&gt;
   <shortDescription>Produce release announcement</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/announcement/</url>
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@
     <contributor>
       <name>Fabrizio Giustina</name>
     </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Felipe Leme</name>
+    </contributor>
   </contributors>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml b/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
index ab8be817..010278b9 100644
--- a/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
     <author email="vmassol@apache.org">Vincent Massol</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.3-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="vmassol" type="fix" issue="MPANNOUNCEMENT-12" due-to="Felipe Leme">
+        Fixed error message when current version is not available at 
+        <code>xdocs/changes.xml</code>.
+      </action>
+    </release>
     <release version="1.2" date="2004-07-08">
       <action dev="vmassol" type="add">Added new
         <code>announcement:generate-all</code>to generate announcement files for all releases.
