diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ed8209b5..2824ca596 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@
       <id>brentworden</id>
       <email>brentworden at apache dot org</email>
     </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Thomas Neidhart</name>
+      <id>tn</id>
+      <email>tn at apache dot org</email>
+    </developer>
   </developers>
   <contributors>
     <contributor>
@@ -203,9 +208,6 @@
     <contributor>
       <name>J. Lewis Muir</name>
     </contributor>
-    <contributor>
-      <name>Thomas Neidhart</name>
-    </contributor>
     <contributor>
       <name>Christopher Nix</name>
     </contributor>