diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6898fdf..1b7875d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@
     <test.argLine>-D_</test.argLine>
     <bundleNativeCode />
     <crossCompile />
+    <release.gpg.keyname />
+    <release.gpg.passphrase />
   </properties>
 
   <build>
@@ -340,13 +342,26 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
-          <arguments>-P restricted-release,sonatype-oss-release,full</arguments>
+          <arguments>-P restricted-release,sonatype-oss-release -Dgpg.keyname=${release.gpg.keyname} -Dgpg.passphrase=${release.gpg.passphrase}</arguments>
           <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
           <allowTimestampedSnapshots>false</allowTimestampedSnapshots>
           <tagNameFormat>${project.artifactId}-@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
         </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.9.4</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
+            <version>1.9.4</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>