diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/etc/testcases/org/apache/myrmidon/components/deployer/ant-descriptor.xml b/proposal/myrmidon/etc/testcases/org/apache/myrmidon/components/deployer/ant-descriptor.xml
index ddc7fb823..1f21fc7c5 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/etc/testcases/org/apache/myrmidon/components/deployer/ant-descriptor.xml
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/etc/testcases/org/apache/myrmidon/components/deployer/ant-descriptor.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<antlib>
+<ant-lib version="1.0">
 
     <types>
         <!-- Register a data-type -->
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
                    destination="org.apache.myrmidon.components.deployer.TestType1"/>
     </types>
 
-</antlib>
+</ant-lib>
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/etc/testcases/org/apache/myrmidon/components/deployer/ant-roles.xml b/proposal/myrmidon/etc/testcases/org/apache/myrmidon/components/deployer/ant-roles.xml
index fb2e57743..1178a3553 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/etc/testcases/org/apache/myrmidon/components/deployer/ant-roles.xml
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/etc/testcases/org/apache/myrmidon/components/deployer/ant-roles.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<roles>
+<roles version="1.0">
     <!-- A custom role -->
     <role shorthand="test-role1" name="org.apache.myrmidon.components.deployer.TestRole1"/>
 </roles>
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/ant1-ant-descriptor.xml b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/ant1-ant-descriptor.xml
index 4146be221..21d158740 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/ant1-ant-descriptor.xml
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/ant1-ant-descriptor.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<ant-lib>
+<ant-lib version="1.0">
 
   <types>
     <task name="ant1-tasklib" classname="org.apache.myrmidon.libs.ant1.Ant1Tasklib" />
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-descriptor.xml b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-descriptor.xml
index 44b7b9d9b..90eec58f9 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-descriptor.xml
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-descriptor.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<ant-lib>
+<ant-lib version="1.0">
 
   <types>
 
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-roles.template b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-roles.template
index 0adcb9fad..e1ac6aa23 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-roles.template
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-roles.template
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<roles>
+<roles version="1.0">
     <XDtClass:forAllClasses abstract="true">
       <XDtClass:ifHasClassTag tagName="ant:role">
         <role shorthand="<XDtClass:classTagValue tagName="ant:role" paramName="shorthand"/>"
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-roles.xml b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-roles.xml
index bd6d8a71f..1b35886e3 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-roles.xml
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/builtin-ant-roles.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<roles>
+<roles version="1.0">
   <role shorthand="task"             name="org.apache.myrmidon.api.Task"/>
   <role shorthand="data-type"        name="org.apache.myrmidon.framework.DataType"/>
   <role shorthand="listener"         name="org.apache.myrmidon.listeners.ProjectListener"/>
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/empty-roles.xml b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/empty-roles.xml
index bad81ea3e..dfd79b80f 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/empty-roles.xml
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/empty-roles.xml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-<roles>
+<roles version="1.0">
 </roles>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/selftest-ant-descriptor.xml b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/selftest-ant-descriptor.xml
index 1b5546e9f..002fc60a3 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/selftest-ant-descriptor.xml
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/selftest-ant-descriptor.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<ant-lib>
+<ant-lib version="1.0">
   <types>
     <!-- tasks to test operation of engine -->
     <task name="prim-test" classname="org.apache.antlib.selftest.PrimitiveTypesTest" />