diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html
index 6d1b433bc7fbaf07bcf6134e0249480d9755aaab..5cd54b50e61e0c7f652f2386501e8bfef0ddc609 100644
--- a/changelog.html
+++ b/changelog.html
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
 
 <!-- these changes are controlled by the release process. DO NOT MODIFY -->
 <div id="rc" style="display:none;"><!--=BEGIN=-->
-<h3><a name=v1.499>What's new in 1.499</a> <!--=DATE=--></h3>
+<h3><a name=v1.500>What's new in 1.500</a> <!--=DATE=--></h3>
 <ul class=image>
   <li class=bug>
     Since 1.494, when signing up as a new user in the private security realm the email address was left unconfigured and a stack trace printed.
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
     (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-16244">issue 16244</a>)
 </ul>
 </div><!--=END=-->
+<h3><a name=v1.499>What's new in 1.499</a> (2013/01/13)</h3>
+<ul class=image>
+  <li class=bug>
+    Fixed <tt>NoClassDefFoundError: Base64</tt> with the <tt>-jnlpCredentials</tt> option.
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-9679">issue 9679</a>)
+</ul>
 <h3><a name=v1.498>What's new in 1.498</a> (2013/01/07)</h3>
 <ul class=image>
   <li class='major bug'>
diff --git a/cli/pom.xml b/cli/pom.xml
index 29c4c24ae7a0cc77454f1f3e924d92b32d3bd1ca..544c556d889f117529f791e944783b1b6aee390c 100644
--- a/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/cli/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
-    <version>1.499-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.500-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>cli</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index b0286e4feaa693fcfac63a89b5c3946412954562..66d68c35d382353ad39429315b8475d5e88c58ac 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.499-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.500-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/debian/debian/changelog b/debian/debian/changelog
index aaab65ea021b329131fab94dc7eed48464ac0358..7b00929ec489cc062afb2fcc09533913a1a3b2ca 100644
--- a/debian/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+jenkins (1.499) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * See http://jenkins-ci.org/changelog for more details.
+
+ -- Kohsuke Kawaguchi <kk@kohsuke.org>  Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:53:20 -0800
+
 jenkins (1.498) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * See http://jenkins-ci.org/changelog for more details.
diff --git a/maven-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 827dc4e3ed56443a6d7c9493fd68702d9bb85084..c3896b34a1567260347bc24474a8c9330ac39239 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.499-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.500-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index 2920bdf240aa3e8d3b792a99cc1bd85c2ab2c4c0..c9239fe46ce4f20910626a011c7136a6f87d48d8 100644
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>plugin</artifactId>
   <name>Jenkins plugin POM</name>
-  <version>1.499-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.500-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <!--
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       <dependency><!-- if a plugin wants to depend on the maven plugin, choose the right version automatically -->
         <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.499-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.500-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
@@ -44,25 +44,25 @@
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
       <artifactId>jenkins-war</artifactId>
       <type>war</type>
-      <version>1.499-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.500-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
       <artifactId>jenkins-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.499-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.500-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
       <artifactId>jenkins-test-harness</artifactId>
-      <version>1.499-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.500-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
       <artifactId>ui-samples-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.499-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.500-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a6b25a08435695e5a975d0c92e40276ad6ac02cb..256f09377b1d120868114230bfaf3edbfbeca03e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 
   <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
   <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.499-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.500-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Jenkins main module</name>
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
         <artifactId>remoting</artifactId>
-        <version>2.20</version>
+        <version>2.21</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index 6dce2376a91611c4240142729e0e1acca29db48d..6c4a6d7c266009c8b5b57834949d16acd9ed9d2a 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
-    <version>1.499-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.500-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
   <artifactId>jenkins-test-harness</artifactId>
diff --git a/ui-samples-plugin/pom.xml b/ui-samples-plugin/pom.xml
index e8e6f4e422579756a2c213982ccb6e940ce62130..6f3b7395bc066d2a0063cf9329a1d2e0af08c4ce 100644
--- a/ui-samples-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/ui-samples-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.499-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.500-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ui-samples-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/war/pom.xml b/war/pom.xml
index 813b4cdb5e48d4e3264acf131f4a58c6540dafa8..2c8850222521fbd7a1e281f243cbcc4dca126419 100644
--- a/war/pom.xml
+++ b/war/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.499-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.500-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>