diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 640802a..633842b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -120,26 +120,6 @@ test:
 	kill `cat /tmp/sentinel2.pid`
 	kill `cat /tmp/sentinel3.pid`
 
-release:
-	echo "$$REDIS1_CONF" | redis-server -
-	echo "$$REDIS2_CONF" | redis-server -
-	echo "$$REDIS3_CONF" | redis-server -
-	echo "$$REDIS4_CONF" | redis-server -
-	echo "$$REDIS_SENTINEL1" | redis-sentinel -
-	echo "$$REDIS_SENTINEL2" | redis-sentinel -
-	echo "$$REDIS_SENTINEL3" | redis-sentinel -
-
-	mvn clean deploy
-
-	kill `cat /tmp/redis1.pid`
-	kill `cat /tmp/redis2.pid`
-	# this get's segfaulted by the tests
-	kill `cat /tmp/redis3.pid` || true
-	kill `cat /tmp/redis4.pid`
-	kill `cat /tmp/sentinel1.pid`
-	kill `cat /tmp/sentinel2.pid`
-	kill `cat /tmp/sentinel3.pid`
-
 deploy:
 	echo "$$REDIS1_CONF" | redis-server -
 	echo "$$REDIS2_CONF" | redis-server -
@@ -160,4 +140,26 @@ deploy:
 	kill `cat /tmp/sentinel2.pid`
 	kill `cat /tmp/sentinel3.pid`
 
+release:
+	echo "$$REDIS1_CONF" | redis-server -
+	echo "$$REDIS2_CONF" | redis-server -
+	echo "$$REDIS3_CONF" | redis-server -
+	echo "$$REDIS4_CONF" | redis-server -
+	echo "$$REDIS_SENTINEL1" | redis-sentinel -
+	echo "$$REDIS_SENTINEL2" | redis-sentinel -
+	echo "$$REDIS_SENTINEL3" | redis-sentinel -
+
+	mvn release:clean
+	mvn release:prepare
+	mvn release:perform
+
+	kill `cat /tmp/redis1.pid`
+	kill `cat /tmp/redis2.pid`
+	# this get's segfaulted by the tests
+	kill `cat /tmp/redis3.pid` || true
+	kill `cat /tmp/redis4.pid`
+	kill `cat /tmp/sentinel1.pid`
+	kill `cat /tmp/sentinel2.pid`
+	kill `cat /tmp/sentinel3.pid`
+
 .PHONY: test
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 04693a2..0e9b85a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<groupId>redis.clients</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jedis</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.2.0</version>
 	<name>Jedis</name>
 	<description>Jedis is a blazingly small and sane Redis java client.</description>
   <url>https://github.com/xetorthio/jedis</url>
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:xetorthio/jedis.git</connection>
     <url>scm:git:git@github.com:xetorthio/jedis.git</url>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:xetorthio/jedis.git</developerConnection>
+    <tag>jedis-2.2.0</tag>
   </scm>
 
 	<properties>