diff --git a/plugin/plugin.jelly b/plugin/plugin.jelly
index ba854e32..12b49f33 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin.jelly
+++ b/plugin/plugin.jelly
@@ -108,74 +108,75 @@
     </define:tag>
 
   <define:tag name="assertPluginAvailable">
-    <!-- Check parameters -->
-    <maven:param-check value="${groupId}" fail="true" message="'groupId' must be specified"/>
-    <maven:param-check value="${artifactId}" fail="true" message="'artifactId' must be specified"/>
-    <maven:param-check value="${minRelease}" fail="true" message="'minRelease' must be specified"/>
-    <maven:param-check value="${neededBy}" fail="true" message="'neededBy' must be specified"/>
-
-    <j:set var="pluginToTest" value="${artifactId}"/>
-
-    <!-- Remove SNAPSHOT -->
-    <j:choose>
-      <j:when test="${minRelease.endsWith('-SNAPSHOT')}">
-        <j:invokeStatic className="org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils" method="substringBeforeLast" var="minReleaseToHave">
+    <j:if test="${bootstrapping == null}">
+      <!-- Check parameters -->
+      <maven:param-check value="${groupId}" fail="true" message="'groupId' must be specified"/>
+      <maven:param-check value="${artifactId}" fail="true" message="'artifactId' must be specified"/>
+      <maven:param-check value="${minRelease}" fail="true" message="'minRelease' must be specified"/>
+      <maven:param-check value="${neededBy}" fail="true" message="'neededBy' must be specified"/>
+  
+      <j:set var="pluginToTest" value="${artifactId}"/>
+  
+      <!-- Remove SNAPSHOT -->
+      <j:choose>
+        <j:when test="${minRelease.endsWith('-SNAPSHOT')}">
+          <j:invokeStatic className="org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils" method="substringBeforeLast" var="minReleaseToHave">
             <j:arg value="${minRelease}" type="java.lang.String"/>
             <j:arg value="-SNAPSHOT" type="java.lang.String"/>
-        </j:invokeStatic>
-      </j:when>
-      <j:otherwise>
-        <j:set var="minReleaseToHave" value="${minRelease}"/>
-      </j:otherwise>
-    </j:choose>
-
-    <!-- A workaround to force maven to load the plugin if it's not already done -->
-    <maven:set plugin="${pluginToTest}" property="myFakePropertyUsedToLoadThePlugin" value="XXXX" />
-    <!-- maven:get don't want to do it -->
-    <maven:get plugin="${pluginToTest}" property="plugin" var="installedPlugin" />
-    <!-- Check if the plugin is installed -->
-    <j:choose>
-      <j:when test="${!empty(installedPlugin)}">
-        <!-- Remove SNAPSHOT -->
-        <j:choose>
-          <j:when test="${installedPlugin.currentVersion.endsWith('-SNAPSHOT')}">
-            <j:invokeStatic className="org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils" method="substringBeforeLast" var="installedRelease">
+          </j:invokeStatic>
+        </j:when>
+        <j:otherwise>
+          <j:set var="minReleaseToHave" value="${minRelease}"/>
+        </j:otherwise>
+      </j:choose>
+  
+      <!-- A workaround to force maven to load the plugin if it's not already done -->
+      <maven:set plugin="${pluginToTest}" property="myFakePropertyUsedToLoadThePlugin" value="XXXX" />
+      <!-- maven:get don't want to do it -->
+      <maven:get plugin="${pluginToTest}" property="plugin" var="installedPlugin" />
+      <!-- Check if the plugin is installed -->
+      <j:choose>
+        <j:when test="${!empty(installedPlugin)}">
+          <!-- Remove SNAPSHOT -->
+          <j:choose>
+            <j:when test="${installedPlugin.currentVersion.endsWith('-SNAPSHOT')}">
+              <j:invokeStatic className="org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils" method="substringBeforeLast" var="installedRelease">
                 <j:arg value="${installedPlugin.currentVersion}" type="java.lang.String"/>
                 <j:arg value="-SNAPSHOT" type="java.lang.String"/>
-            </j:invokeStatic>
-          </j:when>
-          <j:otherwise>
-            <j:set var="installedRelease" value="${installedPlugin.currentVersion}"/>
-          </j:otherwise>
-        </j:choose>
-
-        <j:set var="testOk" value="false"/>
-        <j:set var="testFailed" value="false"/>
-
-        <!-- Test strings comparaison -->
-        <j:choose>
-          <j:when test="${!installedRelease.equals(minReleaseToHave)}">
-            <!-- If not equals we use a more complex algorithm -->
-
-            <!-- Tokenify -->
-            <u:tokenize var="installedReleaseTokens" delim=".">${installedRelease}</u:tokenize>
-            <u:tokenize var="minReleaseToHaveTokens" delim=".">${minReleaseToHave}</u:tokenize>
-
-            <j:set var="minReleaseToHaveTokensIter" value="${minReleaseToHaveTokens.iterator()}"/>
-
-            <j:forEach var="numberInstalled" items="${installedReleaseTokens}">
-              <j:if test="${!minReleaseToHaveTokens.iterator().hasNext()}">
-                <j:set var="testFailed" value="true"/>
-                <j:break/>
-              </j:if>
-              <j:set var="numberToHave" value="${minReleaseToHaveTokensIter.next()}"/>
-              <j:invokeStatic  var="numberInstalledInteger" className="java.lang.Integer" method="valueOf">
-                <j:arg value="${numberInstalled}"/>
               </j:invokeStatic>
-              <j:invokeStatic  var="numberToHaveInteger" className="java.lang.Integer" method="valueOf">
-                <j:arg value="${numberToHave}"/>
-              </j:invokeStatic>
-              <j:choose>
+            </j:when>
+            <j:otherwise>
+              <j:set var="installedRelease" value="${installedPlugin.currentVersion}"/>
+            </j:otherwise>
+          </j:choose>
+  
+          <j:set var="testOk" value="false"/>
+          <j:set var="testFailed" value="false"/>
+  
+          <!-- Test strings comparaison -->
+          <j:choose>
+            <j:when test="${!installedRelease.equals(minReleaseToHave)}">
+              <!-- If not equals we use a more complex algorithm -->
+  
+              <!-- Tokenify -->
+              <u:tokenize var="installedReleaseTokens" delim=".">${installedRelease}</u:tokenize>
+              <u:tokenize var="minReleaseToHaveTokens" delim=".">${minReleaseToHave}</u:tokenize>
+  
+              <j:set var="minReleaseToHaveTokensIter" value="${minReleaseToHaveTokens.iterator()}"/>
+  
+              <j:forEach var="numberInstalled" items="${installedReleaseTokens}">
+                <j:if test="${!minReleaseToHaveTokens.iterator().hasNext()}">
+                  <j:set var="testFailed" value="true"/>
+                  <j:break/>
+                </j:if>
+                <j:set var="numberToHave" value="${minReleaseToHaveTokensIter.next()}"/>
+                <j:invokeStatic  var="numberInstalledInteger" className="java.lang.Integer" method="valueOf">
+                  <j:arg value="${numberInstalled}"/>
+                </j:invokeStatic>
+                <j:invokeStatic  var="numberToHaveInteger" className="java.lang.Integer" method="valueOf">
+                  <j:arg value="${numberToHave}"/>
+                </j:invokeStatic>
+                <j:choose>
                   <j:when test="${numberInstalledInteger.compareTo(numberToHaveInteger) lt 0}">
                     <j:set var="errorSentence" value="Currently the plugin ${pluginToTest} v${installedRelease} is installed."/>
                     <j:set var="testFailed" value="true"/>
@@ -187,35 +188,48 @@
                     <j:set var="testOk" value="true"/>
                     <j:break/>
                   </j:when>
-              </j:choose>
-            </j:forEach>
-          </j:when>
-          <j:otherwise>
-            <j:set var="testOk" value="true"/>
-          </j:otherwise>
-        </j:choose>
-      </j:when>
-      <j:otherwise>
-        <j:set var="errorSentence" value="Currently the plugin ${pluginToTest} isn't installed."/>
-        <j:set var="testFailed" value="true"/>
-      </j:otherwise>    
-    </j:choose>
-
-    <j:if test="${!testFailed and !testOk and minReleaseToHaveTokens.iterator().hasNext()}">
-      <!-- A minor release is missing. For example : 1.10 < 1.10.2 -->
-      <j:set var="errorSentence" value="Currently the plugin ${pluginToTest} v${installedRelease} is installed."/>
-      <j:set var="testFailed" value="true"/>    
-    </j:if>
-
-    <j:if test="${testFailed}">
-      <ant:fail>
+                </j:choose>
+              </j:forEach>
+            </j:when>
+            <j:otherwise>
+              <j:set var="testOk" value="true"/>
+            </j:otherwise>
+          </j:choose>
+        </j:when>
+        <j:otherwise>
+          <j:set var="errorSentence" value="Currently the plugin ${pluginToTest} isn't installed."/>
+          <j:set var="testFailed" value="true"/>
+        </j:otherwise>    
+      </j:choose>
+  
+      <j:if test="${!testFailed and !testOk and minReleaseToHaveTokens.iterator().hasNext()}">
+        <!-- A minor release is missing. For example : 1.10 < 1.10.2 -->
+        <j:set var="errorSentence" value="Currently the plugin ${pluginToTest} v${installedRelease} is installed."/>
+        <j:set var="testFailed" value="true"/>    
+      </j:if>
+  
+      <j:if test="${testFailed}">
+        <ant:fail>
 -
 ===============================================================================
 Must have the plugin ${pluginToTest} v${minReleaseToHave} installed to use this version of ${neededBy}.
 ${errorSentence}
 Try: maven plugin:download -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=${pluginToTest} -Dversion=${minReleaseToHave}
 ===============================================================================
-      </ant:fail>
+        </ant:fail>
+      </j:if>
+    </j:if>
+    <j:if test="${bootstrapping != null}">
+      <ant:echo>
+-
+===============================================================================
+BOOTSTRAP BOOTSTRAP BOOTSTRAP BOOTSTRAP BOOTSTRAP BOOTSTRAP BOOTSTRAP BOOTSTRAP
+===============================================================================
+Can't check that you have the plugin ${pluginToTest} v${minReleaseToHave} required by ${neededBy}.
+===============================================================================
+BOOTSTRAP BOOTSTRAP BOOTSTRAP BOOTSTRAP BOOTSTRAP BOOTSTRAP BOOTSTRAP BOOTSTRAP
+===============================================================================
+      </ant:echo>
     </j:if>
   </define:tag>
 
diff --git a/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml b/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
index e5eef15e..d941a021 100644
--- a/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.8-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="update">Don't check that a given plugin version is available in the bootstrap.</p>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update">Update dependencies to unify them between plugins. The following dependencies are updated : commons-jelly-tags-interaction v1.0 to v1.1, jaxen v1.0-FCS-full to 1.1-beta-9. The following dependencies are removed : saxpath.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MAVEN-1753">Upgrade to Xerces 2.8.0. Replace the deprecated xmlParserAPIs by xml-apis 1.3.03. Add the xml-resolver dependency for xerces.</action>
     </release>