diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 283c378..7de1c41 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 	<scm>
 		<url>http://github.com/SpringSource/spring-retry</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-retry.git</connection>
-		<developerConnection>scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-retry.git</developerConnection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/SpringSource/spring-retry.git</developerConnection>
 	</scm>
 
 	<developers>
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@
 		</extensions>
 		<pluginManagement>
 			<plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                  <version>2.3</version>
+                </plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
 					<inherited>false</inherited>