diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 335e32cbb..25890b5e4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<scm>
 		<url>http://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch.git</connection>
-		<developerConnection>scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch.git</developerConnection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch.git</developerConnection>
 	</scm>
 	<issueManagement>
 		<system>JIRA</system>