diff --git a/scm/project.xml b/scm/project.xml
index 77e454e3..6822d103 100644
--- a/scm/project.xml
+++ b/scm/project.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-scm-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Source Control Management Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.6-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>A plugin for SCM tasks, currently CVS.</description>
   <shortDescription>SCM Plugin for Maven.</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/reference/plugins/scm/</url>
diff --git a/scm/xdocs/changes.xml b/scm/xdocs/changes.xml
index 8a2d8fdf..b916fb7c 100644
--- a/scm/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/scm/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
     <author email="brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.5.1-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
-      <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPSCM-66">Update to released version of maven-scm.</action>
-      <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPSCM-54">Need scm:checkin goal.</action>
-      <action dev="evenisse" type="fix" issue="MPSCM-56">Add Starteam support, plus scm:add, scm:status, scm:checkin.</action>
+    <release version="1.6-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MPSCM-66">Update to released version of maven-scm.</action>
+      <action dev="brett" type="add" issue="MPSCM-47,MPSCM-54">New scm:checkin goal.</action>
+      <action dev="evenisse" type="add" issue="MPSCM-56">Add Starteam support, plus scm:add, scm:status, scm:checkin.</action>
     </release>
     <release version="1.5" date="2005-06-05">
       <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPSCM-61">Exception while executing SCM command.</action>
