diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ddade4f..03f0eb2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
               <goals>deploy</goals>
-              <arguments>-Prelease</arguments>
+              <arguments>-Prelease -DaltDeploymentRepository=apache.release::default::scpexe://people.apache.org/www/people.apache.org/repo/m2-ibiblio-rsync-repository</arguments>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>