diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d746a568b2edef057d73358a7f2c80f8b604a0bd..a5efe0d29d333d94d8ca0b3a963deab33e2dfb7d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>net.sourceforge.teetime</groupId>
 	<artifactId>teetime</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>TeeTime</name>
@@ -115,7 +115,12 @@
 
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
-
+			<!-- release plugin -->
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5.1</version>
+			</plugin>
 			<!-- we want JDK 1.6 source and binary compatibility -->
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -182,28 +187,28 @@
 			</plugin>
 
 			<!-- Checkstyle -->
-<!-- 			<plugin> -->
-<!-- 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> -->
-<!-- 				<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId> -->
-<!-- 				<version>2.12</version> -->
-<!-- 				<executions> -->
-<!-- 					<execution> -->
-<!-- 						<phase>test</phase> -->
-<!-- 						<goals> -->
-<!-- 							<goal>check</goal> -->
-<!-- 						</goals> -->
-<!-- 						<configuration> -->
-<!-- 							<configLocation>${project.basedir}/conf/quality-config/cs-conf.xml</configLocation> -->
-<!-- 							<includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory> -->
-<!-- 							<encoding>UTF-8</encoding> -->
-<!-- 							<consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput> -->
-<!-- 							<failsOnError>false</failsOnError> -->
-<!-- 							<failOnViolation>false</failOnViolation> -->
-<!-- 							<linkXRef>false</linkXRef> -->
-<!-- 						</configuration> -->
-<!-- 					</execution> -->
-<!-- 				</executions> -->
-<!-- 			</plugin> -->
+			<!-- <plugin> -->
+			<!-- <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> -->
+			<!-- <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId> -->
+			<!-- <version>2.12</version> -->
+			<!-- <executions> -->
+			<!-- <execution> -->
+			<!-- <phase>test</phase> -->
+			<!-- <goals> -->
+			<!-- <goal>check</goal> -->
+			<!-- </goals> -->
+			<!-- <configuration> -->
+			<!-- <configLocation>${project.basedir}/conf/quality-config/cs-conf.xml</configLocation> -->
+			<!-- <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory> -->
+			<!-- <encoding>UTF-8</encoding> -->
+			<!-- <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput> -->
+			<!-- <failsOnError>false</failsOnError> -->
+			<!-- <failOnViolation>false</failOnViolation> -->
+			<!-- <linkXRef>false</linkXRef> -->
+			<!-- </configuration> -->
+			<!-- </execution> -->
+			<!-- </executions> -->
+			<!-- </plugin> -->
 
 			<!-- Findbugs -->
 			<plugin>