The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Release Component, version 2.5.3
This component automates tagging and preparing releases, and includes the maven-release-plugin. http://maven.apache.org/maven-release/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.5.3</version> </plugin> You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page: http://maven.apache.org/components/maven-release/download.cgi Release Notes - Maven Release - 2.5.3 ** Bug * [MRELEASE-921] - perform goal doesn't support providerImplementation * [MRELEASE-925] - Old version of plexus utils forced here causes failures Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team
