diff --git a/abbot/project.xml b/abbot/project.xml
index 98ca6c14..3ab3fbe3 100644
--- a/abbot/project.xml
+++ b/abbot/project.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>abbot</groupId>
       <artifactId>abbot</artifactId>
-      <version>0.12.3</version>
+      <version>0.13.0</version>
       <properties>
         <abbot.editor>true</abbot.editor>
         <abbot.webstart>true</abbot.webstart>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>jdom</groupId>
       <artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0b8</version>
+      <version>b10</version>
       <properties>
         <abbot.editor>true</abbot.editor>
         <abbot.webstart>true</abbot.webstart>
diff --git a/abbot/xdocs/changes.xml b/abbot/xdocs/changes.xml
index 1c4f3f1b..eaa31d9d 100644
--- a/abbot/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/abbot/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.1-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="vmassol" type="update">
+        Upgraded to Abbot 0.13.0 and JDOM 1.0 beta 10.
+      </action>
       <action dev="vmassol" type="add">
         Added new <code>maven.abbot.extrajars</code> property that can be used
         to specify extra jars to be added to the executing classpath. For example,