diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 137e4b12ab..3ad48ac9af 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@
           <pushChanges>false</pushChanges>
           <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
           <releaseProfiles>release,APIviz</releaseProfiles>
+          <tagNameFormat>${project.version}</tagNameFormat>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>