diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a613bb..e0f2ea7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <artifactId>myfaces</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Apache MyFaces</name>
-    <version>17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>17</version>
     <description>
        The MyFaces project is home of the first free open source JavaServer Faces
        implementation as well as some useful JSF component libraries and other
@@ -903,9 +903,9 @@
     </contributors>
 
     <scm>
-        <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/myfaces/myfaces-master-pom/trunk</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/myfaces/myfaces-master-pom/trunk</developerConnection>
-        <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/myfaces/myfaces-master-pom/trunk</url>
+        <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/myfaces/myfaces-master-pom/tags/myfaces-17</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/myfaces/myfaces-master-pom/tags/myfaces-17</developerConnection>
+        <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/myfaces/myfaces-master-pom/tags/myfaces-17</url>
     </scm>
 
     <build>
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@
 
               <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2.1</version>
+                <version>2.5.3</version>
               </plugin>
 
               <plugin>