diff --git a/dist/plugin.jelly b/dist/plugin.jelly
index 2a11c56a..005e2520 100644
--- a/dist/plugin.jelly
+++ b/dist/plugin.jelly
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
       <ant:fileset dir=".">
         <ant:include name="README.txt"/>
         <ant:include name="LICENSE*"/>
+        <ant:include name="NOTICE*"/>
       </ant:fileset>
     </ant:copy>
 
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@
       <ant:fileset dir=".">
         <ant:include name="README.txt"/>
         <ant:include name="LICENSE*"/>
+        <ant:include name="NOTICE*"/>
         <ant:include name="project.properties"/>
         <ant:include name="maven.xml"/>
         <ant:include name="project.xml"/>
diff --git a/dist/project.xml b/dist/project.xml
index 9cd9c51e..a3ba88dc 100644
--- a/dist/project.xml
+++ b/dist/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-dist-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Distribution Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.6</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.7-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <shortDescription>Create source and binary distributions</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/dist/</url>
   <issueTrackingUrl>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPDIST</issueTrackingUrl>
diff --git a/dist/xdocs/changes.xml b/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
index aabc2854..7bb826f9 100644
--- a/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     <author email="vmassol@octo.com">Vincent Massol</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.7-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="carlos" type="update">Add NOTICE file to distribution</action>
+    </release>
     <release version="1.6" date="2004-06-25">
       <action dev="brett" type="update">Use artifact plugin for deployments</action>
     </release>
