diff --git a/multichanges/plugin.jelly b/multichanges/plugin.jelly
index b4b17372..9a6507ec 100644
--- a/multichanges/plugin.jelly
+++ b/multichanges/plugin.jelly
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <!-- Default reactor properties from the Multiproject plug-in -->
 
     <!-- Make sure the multiproject plugin is loaded -->
-    <multiproject:dependency-handle />
+    <m:set plugin="maven-multiproject-plugin" property="foo" value="bar"/>
 
     <m:get var="mBasedir" property="maven.multiproject.basedir" plugin="maven-multiproject-plugin"/>
     <m:property var="dBasedir" name="maven.multichanges.basedir" defaultValue="${mBasedir}"/>
diff --git a/multichanges/project.xml b/multichanges/project.xml
index 6993257e..687d0ff6 100644
--- a/multichanges/project.xml
+++ b/multichanges/project.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-multichanges-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven MultiChanges Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.2</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.3-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <shortDescription>Produce release dashboard for subprojects.</shortDescription>
   <description>Produce release dashboard for subprojects.</description>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/reference/plugins/multichanges/</url>
diff --git a/multichanges/xdocs/changes.xml b/multichanges/xdocs/changes.xml
index a0cffdd1..618a9dd2 100644
--- a/multichanges/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/multichanges/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
     <author email="vmassol@apache.org">Vincent Massol</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.3-SNAPSHOT">
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="update">Remove usage of the deprecated dependency-handle tag.</action>
+    </release>
     <release version="1.2" date="2006-01-07">
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="update" issue="MPMULTICHANGES-2">Use multiproject properties by default.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="add" issue="MPMULTICHANGES-3" due-to="Jon Strayer">Add another column to the report that lists the value of currentVersion.</action>