diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5602c37571..c6d3c67203 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -565,6 +565,19 @@
           <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>sign</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.2.1</version>
@@ -577,7 +590,6 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.8</version>
         <configuration>