diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java b/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java
index 94de3c3bda..cbc051ae65 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java
@@ -983,6 +983,7 @@ public class PrepareReleaseMojo
         modelToFix.setGroupId( correctModel.getGroupId() );
         modelToFix.setPackaging( correctModel.getPackaging() );
         modelToFix.setModules( cloneModules( correctModel.getModules() ) );
+        modelToFix.setDistributionManagement( correctModel.getDistributionManagement() );
     }
 
     private static List cloneModules( List modules )