diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 30037a46eddf2..f2d1e5d54defd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -957,6 +957,17 @@
             </filesets>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4.2</version>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+              <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
+              <version>1.10-candidate-scm-740-csd</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
 
@@ -1168,7 +1179,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
           <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
-          <version>3.4.5-mapr-1406</version> 
+          <version>3.4.5-mapr-1406</version>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>