diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dca8aa4..d93fbfb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@
       </distributionManagement>
       <build>
         <plugins>
+           <plugin>
+             <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+             <version>3.1.1</version>
+             <configuration>
+               <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
+             </configuration>
+          </plugin>                 
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -90,7 +97,7 @@
             <extensions>true</extensions>
             <configuration>
               <serverId>central-releases-staging</serverId>
-              <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+              <nexusUrl>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org</nexusUrl>
               <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
             </configuration>
             <executions>