diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a251870c3c..3c0967a9a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -492,6 +492,18 @@
           <allowTimestampedSnapshots>false</allowTimestampedSnapshots>
           <tagNameFormat>netty-@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
         </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.8.1</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
+            <version>1.8.1</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
       </plugin>
 
       <!-- Ensure to put maven-antrun-plugin at the end of the plugin list