diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index c38fd24842..26634a364a 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ under the License.
   <property name="mavendist.poi.dir" location="build/maven-dist/poi"/>
   <property name="mavendist.oap.dir" location="build/maven-dist/org.apache.poi"/>
   <property name="jar.name" value="poi"/>
-  <property name="version.id" value="3.0.2-beta1"/>
+  <property name="version.id" value="3.1-alpha1"/>
   <property name="halt.on.test.failure" value="true"/>
   <property name="jdk.version.source" value="1.3"
     description="JDK version of source code"/>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
index 3e92149978..b767f1a3c8 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@
     </devs>
 
 		<!-- Don't forget to update status.xml too! -->
-        <release version="3.0.2-FINAL" date="2008-??-??">
+        <release version="3.1-beta1" date="2008-??-??">
+           <!-- an action tag is requered to keep Forrest quite.  --> 
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">...</action>
+        </release>
+        <release version="3.0.2-FINAL" date="2008-02-04">
             <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44297 - IntPtg must operate with unsigned short. Reading signed short results in incorrect formula calculation</action>
             <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44296 - Fix for reading slide background images</action>
             <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44293 - Avoid swapping AreaPtgs from relative to absolute</action>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index dfe4e5aa60..28059ef796 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
 
 	<!-- Don't forget to update changes.xml too! -->
     <changes>
-        <release version="3.0.2-FINAL" date="2008-??-??">
+        <release version="3.1-beta1" date="2008-??-??">
+        </release>
+        <release version="3.0.2-FINAL" date="2008-02-04">
             <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44297 - IntPtg must operate with unsigned short. Reading signed short results in incorrect formula calculation</action>
             <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44296 - Fix for reading slide background images</action>
             <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44293 - Avoid swapping AreaPtgs from relative to absolute</action>