diff --git a/.mvn/settings.xml b/.mvn/settings.xml
index 3d1ffa5d1b..f94b247a34 100644
--- a/.mvn/settings.xml
+++ b/.mvn/settings.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
             <username>${env.CI_DEPLOY_USERNAME}</username>
             <password>${env.CI_DEPLOY_PASSWORD}</password>
         </server>
+        <server>
+            <id>github.com</id>
+            <username>${env.GITHUBKEY}</username>
+        </server>
     </servers>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 93011840cf..4e5fee2854 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,25 +2,19 @@ language: java
 jdk:
 - oraclejdk8
 before_install:
-- true && [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" = 'master' ] && [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == 'false' ] && openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_6c56aea9ab8c_key -iv $encrypted_6c56aea9ab8c_iv -in .mvn/codesigning.asc.enc -out .mvn/codesigning.asc -d
-- true && [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" = 'master' ] && [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == 'false' ] && gpg --fast-import .mvn/codesigning.asc
-before_script:
-- ./mvnw release-candidate:updateVersion -Drevision=$TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER
-script:
-- true && [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" = 'master' ] && [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == 'false' ] && ./mvnw deploy --settings .mvn/settings.xml -Prelease
-after_success:
+- if [[ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST == "false" && $TRAVIS_BRANCH == "master" ]]; then openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_6c56aea9ab8c_key -iv $encrypted_6c56aea9ab8c_iv -in .mvn/codesigning.asc.enc -out .mvn/codesigning.asc -d; fi
+- if [[ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST == "false" && $TRAVIS_BRANCH == "master" ]]; then gpg --fast-import .mvn/codesigning.asc; fi
 - git config --global user.email "builds@travis-ci.com"
 - git config --global user.name "Travis CI"
-- export GIT_TAG=build-$(date -u "+%Y-%m-%d")-$TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER
-- echo -n $GIT_TAG > public/version
-- git commit -m "Set build VERSION number" public/version
-- git tag $GIT_TAG -a -m "Generated tag from TravisCI build $TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER"
-- true && [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" = 'master' ] && [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == 'false' ] && git push --quiet https://$GITHUBKEY@github.com/Codearte/accurest-maven-plugin
-  $GIT_TAG > /dev/null 2>&1
+before_script:
+- if [[ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST == "false" && $TRAVIS_BRANCH == "master" ]]; then ./mvnw release-candidate:updateVersion -Drevision=$TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER; fi
+script:
+- if [[ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST == "false" && $TRAVIS_BRANCH == "master" ]]; then ./mvnw deploy --settings .mvn/settings.xml -Prelease; else ./mvnw install; fi
+after_success:
 - ./mvnw clean test jacoco:report coveralls:report
 branches:
   except:
-  - /^build-[0-9a-z\-]*/
+  - /^v\d/
 cache:
   directories:
   - "~/.m2/repository"
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index be73334c92..77dcc274f2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 							<goal>updateVersion</goal>
 						</goals>
 						<configuration>
-							<releaseVersionFormat>{{ api_version }}.${revision}</releaseVersionFormat>
+							<releaseVersionFormat>{{ api_version }}-${revision}</releaseVersionFormat>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
 					<execution>
@@ -192,6 +192,22 @@
 							</execution>
 						</executions>
 					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.9.4</version>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<phase>deploy</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>tag</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+						<configuration>
+							<tag>v${project.version}</tag>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
 			</build>
 		</profile>