diff --git a/cruisecontrol/project.xml b/cruisecontrol/project.xml
index d2d886d1..4c596225 100644
--- a/cruisecontrol/project.xml
+++ b/cruisecontrol/project.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <extend>../plugin-parent/project.xml</extend>
   <id>maven-cruisecontrol-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Cruise Control Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.5</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.6-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>A plugin to handle the generating and maintaining of Cruise Control configuration. Requires Maven 1.0.</description>
   <shortDescription>Cruise Control Plugin for Maven</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/cruisecontrol/</url>
diff --git a/cruisecontrol/xdocs/changes.xml b/cruisecontrol/xdocs/changes.xml
index 337db9d8..9428e497 100644
--- a/cruisecontrol/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/cruisecontrol/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
     <author email="brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.6" date="in cvs">
+    </release>
     <release version="1.5" date="2004-08-14">
       <action dev="epugh" type="add" issue="MPCRUISECONTROL-11" due-to="Alexandre Vivien">Add new properties to the maven cruisecontrol plugin.</action>
       <action dev="epugh" type="add" issue="MPCRUISECONTROL-8">External link for report should not include artifactId.</action>
