I think you're running into this issue: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-236 I thought this was already fixed in the current version of the release plugin. Maybe you have an older version of the release plugin in your local repository. I set the pom to use the newer version of the release plugin. The issue is also happening because of incorrect scm information in the pom (the scm info was pointing to the last tag instead of to trunk). The release plugin will update the scm information when a release is tagged. I made the changes in the pom that should fix this. Can you try again? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4123526#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...