diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f316189ba01c9943ec243c298eed6ec86683f41..c48c53a919f660e68f7ad99e0e0c058990ec6098 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<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">
+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.ow2.mrl</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
         <version>2.4.0</version>
-        <relativePath />
+        <relativePath/>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
@@ -214,6 +215,14 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- Avoid inclusion of project name in tag name -->
+                    <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>