diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 463b03c..f7ef451 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
   <scm>
     <url>https://github.com/dspinellis/UMLGraph</url>
-    <connection>git://github.com/dspinellis/UMLGraph.git</connection>
+    <connection>scm:git://github.com/dspinellis/UMLGraph.git</connection>
   </scm>
 
   <developers>
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <preparationGoals>clean verify</preparationGoals>
         </configuration>