diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5950d5a98..06c7d4508 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -154,6 +154,21 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.jfrog.buildinfo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>artifactory-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <inherited>false</inherited>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
     <developers>
         <developer>
             <id>biomedcentral</id>