diff --git a/artifact/project.xml b/artifact/project.xml
index f4bbf4ba..63671dac 100644
--- a/artifact/project.xml
+++ b/artifact/project.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-artifact-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Artifact Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.8</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.9-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>Tools to manage artifacts and deployment. *WARNING*: This version of the artifact-plugin requires Maven 1.1. People using Maven 1.0 should NOT use this version of the plugin.</description>
   <shortDescription>Tools to manage artifacts and deployment</shortDescription>
   <versions>
@@ -197,32 +197,41 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-6</version>
+      <properties>
+        <comment>This library is already loaded by maven's core. Be careful to use the same version number as in the core.</comment>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-http</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-6</version>
+      <properties>
+        <comment>This library is already loaded by maven's core. Be careful to use the same version number as in the core.</comment>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-ftp</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-6</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-ssh-external</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-6</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-7</version>
+      <properties>
+        <comment>This library is already loaded by maven's core. Be careful to use the same version number as in the core.</comment>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>maven</groupId>
diff --git a/artifact/xdocs/changes.xml b/artifact/xdocs/changes.xml
index 1ccce6cb..49f1b9be 100644
--- a/artifact/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/artifact/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     <author email="vmassol@apache.org">Vincent Massol</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.9-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MPARTIFACT-66">Upgrade Wagon dependencies : wagon-provider-api 1.0-alpha-6, wagon-http 1.0-alpha-6, wagon-file 1.0-alpha-7, wagon-ftp 1.0-alpha-6, wagon-ssh 1.0-alpha-7, wagon-ssh-external 1.0-alpha-6</action>    
+    </release>  
     <release version="1.8" date="2006-02-24">
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPARTIFACT-65">Document
         <code>artifact:create-upload-bundle</code>.