diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1ece8c3c1..13b38b845 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  ~ under the License.
  -->
 
+
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
@@ -601,6 +602,9 @@
         <codehaus.plexus.version>3.0.21</codehaus.plexus.version>
         <google.gson.version>2.2.4</google.gson.version>
         <gcm.server.version>1.0.2</gcm.server.version>
+
+	<!-- Release plugin ID for github-->
+	<project.scm.id>github-scm</project.scm.id>
     </properties>
 
     <scm>