diff --git a/maven.gradle b/maven.gradle
index e49b1b710..399dc0c8e 100644
--- a/maven.gradle
+++ b/maven.gradle
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ def customizePom(pom, gradleProject) {
 
         // add all items necessary for maven central publication
         generatedPom.project {
-            name = gradleProject.description
-            description = gradleProject.description
+            name = "Spring Data REST"
+            description = "Directly export Spring Data managed JPA Entities to the web."
             url = 'http://github.com/SpringSource/spring-data-rest'
             organization {
                 name = 'SpringSource'