diff --git a/linkcheck/project.xml b/linkcheck/project.xml
index a72fb221..b0873dc4 100644
--- a/linkcheck/project.xml
+++ b/linkcheck/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-linkcheck-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven LinkCheck Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.2</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.3-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>Check xdoc links. Requires Maven 1.0 RC2.</description>
   <shortDescription>Check xdoc links</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/linkcheck/</url>
@@ -39,25 +39,16 @@
       <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
       <version>1.6.1</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
       <version>2.1</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-grant</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-grant</artifactId>
       <version>1.0-beta-4</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
@@ -68,59 +59,33 @@
       <groupId>commons-jelly</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-jelly</artifactId>
       <version>20030902.160215</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-util</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-util</artifactId>
-      <version>final</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
+      <version>2.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-jelly</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-jelly-tags-jsl</artifactId>
       <version>20030211.143151</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-jelly</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-jelly-tags-xml</artifactId>
       <version>20030211.142705</version>
       <url>http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/jelly/libs/xml/</url>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-jelly</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-jelly-tags-ant</artifactId>
       <version>20030211.142045</version>
       <url>http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/jelly/libs/ant/</url>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
       <version>1.0.3</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <!-- Required for commons-httpclient -->
@@ -128,25 +93,16 @@
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
       <version>1.2.8</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>dom4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
       <version>1.4-dev-8</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>jtidy</groupId>
       <artifactId>jtidy</artifactId>
       <version>4aug2000r7-dev</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>maven</groupId>
@@ -158,18 +114,12 @@
       <groupId>rhino</groupId>
       <artifactId>rhino</artifactId>
       <version>1.5R4-RC3</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>werkz</groupId>
       <artifactId>werkz</artifactId>
       <version>1.0-beta-10</version>
       <url>http://werkz.sourceforge.net/</url>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <versions>
diff --git a/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/LinkCheckResult.java b/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/LinkCheckResult.java
index 2e68d303..36db8887 100644
--- a/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/LinkCheckResult.java
+++ b/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/LinkCheckResult.java
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ package org.apache.maven.linkcheck;
  *   limitations under the License.
  * ====================================================================
  */
- 
-import org.apache.commons.util.XmlUtils;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils;
+ 
 /**
  * An class containing the results of a single check of a link.
  * @author <a href="mailto:bwalding@apache.org">Ben Walding</a>
- * @version $Id: LinkCheckResult.java,v 1.5 2004/03/02 15:09:17 evenisse Exp $
+ * @version $Id: LinkCheckResult.java,v 1.6 2004/04/08 00:18:17 brett Exp $
  */
 public class LinkCheckResult
 {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class LinkCheckResult
     StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
 
     buf.append("    <result>\n");
-    buf.append("      <target>" + XmlUtils.escapeXml(getTarget()) + "</target>\n");
+    buf.append("      <target>" + StringEscapeUtils.escapeXml(getTarget()) + "</target>\n");
     buf.append("      <status>" + getStatus() + "</status>\n");
     buf.append("    </result>\n");
 
diff --git a/linkcheck/xdocs/changes.xml b/linkcheck/xdocs/changes.xml
index ff65bf95..e6a2b1d4 100644
--- a/linkcheck/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/linkcheck/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     <author email="evenisse@ifrance.com">Emmanuel Venisse</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.3-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPLINKCHECK-11" due-to="Ralph Apel">Remove commons-util dependency. Must update to commons-lang 2.0.</action>
+    </release>
     <release version="1.2" date="2004-03-10">
       <action dev="evenisse" type="fix" issue="MPLINKCHECK-7">Fix HTML.</action>
     </release>