diff --git a/maven-artifact/pom.xml b/maven-artifact/pom.xml
index 4294c3ca04..b51f2c6e3e 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifact/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/manager/DefaultWagonManager.java b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/manager/DefaultWagonManager.java
index 411c7f3505..788a97e1d8 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/manager/DefaultWagonManager.java
+++ b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/manager/DefaultWagonManager.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.wagon.Wagon;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.authentication.AuthenticationException;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.authorization.AuthorizationException;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.events.TransferListener;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.observers.ChecksumObserver;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.proxy.ProxyInfo;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusConstants;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainer;
@@ -129,6 +130,10 @@ public class DefaultWagonManager
 //            wagon.addTransferListener( downloadMonitor );
 //        }
 
+        // TODO: configure these
+        wagon.addTransferListener( new ChecksumObserver( "MD5" ) );
+        wagon.addTransferListener( new ChecksumObserver( "SHA-1" ) );
+
         try
         {
             wagon.connect( repository, getProxy( repository.getProtocol() ) );
diff --git a/maven-mboot2/pom.xml b/maven-mboot2/pom.xml
index ccde5d8745..a017719686 100644
--- a/maven-mboot2/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-mboot2/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
   <name>Maven MBoot</name>
   <description>Tool used to bootstrap m2.</description>
   <dependencies>
+    <!-- TODO: shouldn't be required - need latest version dependency resolution -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
       <artifactId>modello-plugin-xpp3</artifactId>