diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7b80a214..35d45f75 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -462,6 +462,29 @@
 
 		</profile>
 
+		<profile>
+			<id>release</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+						<configuration>
+							<pushChanges>false</pushChanges>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
+
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+						<configuration>
+							<skip>true</skip>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
+
 		<profile>
 
 			<!-- Profile to be run on the CI server, JARs JavaDocs -->