diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f3fda1dc30ad23723641a8ce6320e8e964498d9..048e87f13ebbefac6bd43f6fc770c05667ebe03e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 	<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
 	<properties>
+		<maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy_MM_dd</maven.build.timestamp.format>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<scm.base.https>https://git.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/csbase-dev</scm.base.https>
 		<scm.base.ssh>git@git.tecgraf.puc-rio.br:csbase-dev</scm.base.ssh>
@@ -45,6 +46,22 @@
 					<target>1.8</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5.3</version>
+                <configuration>
+					<autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+					<updateBranchVersions>true</updateBranchVersions>
+					<updateWorkingCopyVersions>true</updateWorkingCopyVersions>
+					<updateDependencies>true</updateDependencies>
+					<useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+					<tagNameFormat>
+						v@{project.version}_${maven.build.timestamp}
+					</tagNameFormat>
+					<scmCommentPrefix>[${project.artifactId} release]</scmCommentPrefix>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
 				<executions>