diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a7131d66..39d8a19f7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -171,13 +171,14 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.0-beta-7</version>
+          <version>2.0-beta-9</version>
           <configuration>
             <tagBase>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/archiva/tags</tagBase>
             <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+            <autoVersionSubModules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
             <goals>deploy</goals>
-            <preparationGoals>clean install</preparationGoals>
-            <arguments>-Prelease</arguments>
+            <preparationGoals>clean</preparationGoals>
+            <arguments>-Papache-release</arguments>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>