The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Release Plugin, version 2.2.1.
This plugin is used to release a project with Maven, saving a lot of repetitive, manual work. Releasing a project is made in two steps: prepare and perform. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2.1</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven 2.x Release Plugin - Version 2.2.1 ** Bug * [MRELEASE-697] - version 2.2 includes SNAPSHOT in default tag name ** Improvement * [MRELEASE-239] - release:perform and release:prepare should accept multi-line goals/preparationGoals configurations * [MRELEASE-499] - Add to FAQ: prepare fails because of inheriting parent scm Enjoy, -The Maven Team