diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 459b343..dfb977b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>2.5.3</version>
                     <configuration>
+                    	<tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
                         <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
                         <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
                         <goals>deploy</goals>