diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bca3c4bb03044974006eac1b4f367908ccca6428..faf2e11e7b128c54a42c563f43c342777967a19f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -72,6 +73,15 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.3.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MGPG-9 -->
+                    <mavenExecutorId>forked-path</mavenExecutorId>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -118,15 +128,6 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.3.1</version>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <!-- http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MGPG-9 -->
-                            <mavenExecutorId>forked-path</mavenExecutorId>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>