I was able to do a release:prepare -DdryRun=true with the updated pom.xml View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4123605#4123605 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4123605