diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9aa471..ac667e2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>ceej-gerrit-test</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <build>
+  <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.5</version>
+        </plugin>
+  </plugins>
+  </build>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>