We are pleased to announce the Maven Release Plugin 1.2 release! http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/release/ Produce project release =============================================================================== Changes in this version include: New Features: o Add POM transformer that updates currentVersion and the element with a specified version and tag. Fixed bugs: o Applied patch. Fixes MAVEN-542. =============================================================================== To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line: maven plugin:download -Dmaven.repo.remote=http://www.ibiblio.org/maven,http://people.apache.org/repo/m1-snapshot-repository/ -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=maven-release-plugin -Dversion=1.2 For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-release-plugin-1.2.jar Have fun! -The Maven Release Plugin development team