Using version 2.1 of the maven-release-plugin for proper Git support
diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index 87b3db4..c81667f 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -521,6 +521,10 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>2.3</version>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.1</version>
+                </plugin>                
             </plugins>            
         </pluginManagement>
     </build>