diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe239cf31..c73db5d8e 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
     <version>2.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>mcMMO</name>
     <url>https://github.com/mcMMO-Dev/mcMMO</url>
+    <scm>
+        <url>https://github.com/mcMMO-Dev/mcMMO</url>
+        <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/mcMMO-Dev/mcMMO.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:mcMMO-Dev/mcMMO.git</developerConnection>
+    </scm>
     <issueManagement>
         <url>https://github.com/mcMMO-Dev/mcMMO/issues</url>
         <system>GitHub</system>
@@ -49,6 +54,11 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5.2</version>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -142,6 +152,11 @@
         </repository>
     </repositories>
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
+            <version>1.8.1</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bstats</groupId>
             <artifactId>bstats-bukkit</artifactId>