diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 56f985a35..35684a28b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,11 +127,6 @@
       <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>
     <developer>
       <name>Evan Ward</name>
       <id>evanward</id>
@@ -277,6 +272,9 @@
     <contributor>
       <name>Venkatesha Murthy</name>
     </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Thomas Neidhart</name>
+    </contributor>
     <contributor>
       <name>Christopher Nix</name>
     </contributor>