diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22da3c98e8..afd7aeae37 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,17 @@ Alternatively, you can pull it from the central Maven repositories:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
   <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
-  <version>1.4</version>
+  <version>1.5</version>
+</dependency>
+```
+
+The upcoming version 2.0.0 will be:
+
+```xml
+<dependency>
+  <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+  <artifactId>commons-fileupload2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 014a0ee90e..fc1b77cb28 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -228,7 +228,11 @@
     <commons.componentid>fileupload</commons.componentid>
     <commons.module.name>org.apache.commons.fileupload</commons.module.name>
     <commons.release.version>2.0.0</commons.release.version>
-    <commons.release.desc>(requires Java ${maven.compiler.target} or later)</commons.release.desc>
+    <commons.release.desc>in the org.apache.commons.fileupload2 namespace for Java ${maven.compiler.target} or later</commons.release.desc>
+
+    <commons.release.2.version>1.5</commons.release.2.version>
+    <commons.release.2.desc>in the org.apache.commons.fileupload namespace for Java 6</commons.release.2.desc>
+
     <commons.jira.id>FILEUPLOAD</commons.jira.id>
     <commons.jira.pid>12310476</commons.jira.pid>
     <commons.site.path>fileupload</commons.site.path>