autoVersionSubmodules
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index df6612f..7f4436f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@
       <configuration>
         <releaseProfiles>apache-release</releaseProfiles>
         <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}-RC1</tagNameFormat>
+        <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
       </configuration>
     </plugin>