Maven Release Plug-in Goals convert-snapshots convert-snapshots-auto increment-snapshot-version release release:build-distribution-bin Builds binary distribution. Uses maven.release.distribution.categories property to separated dependencies in categories and corresponding distribution directories. Users can postGoal release:setup-distribution-bin with custom additional distribution content. release:build-distribution-src Builds source distribution from source control using SCM plugin. release:deploy-distribution-bin Deploys binary distribution built via release:build-distribution-bin release:deploy-distribution-src Deploys source distribution built via release:build-distribution-src validate-pom-for-release