diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f353041eff0f3a6821948a39f2a2660aa62a6357..3e901dcddbf5e302f957e02f05b1cecad33acebb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -120,6 +120,15 @@
 					<excludePackageNames>com.xeiam.xchart.internal.*</excludePackageNames>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.4</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<goals>deploy</goals>
+					<autoversionsubmodules>true</autoversionsubmodules>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
diff --git a/xchart-demo/pom.xml b/xchart-demo/pom.xml
index 70511fa11b2a9ca731f18c90120c8c473952e0ca..00920d80b836e2f43d9cb14823d53eb960009564 100644
--- a/xchart-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/xchart-demo/pom.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>xchart-demo</artifactId>
-	<!-- This version is tied to the version of the parent -->
-	<version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>XChart Demo</name>
 	<description>A Swing App demonstration of various charts using XChart</description>
diff --git a/xchart/pom.xml b/xchart/pom.xml
index 47aa4387bb0121cdfcfeea37c154cb2d709c2836..4a81f58ffd960a26c25e1d88b58e1ff16d688efc 100644
--- a/xchart/pom.xml
+++ b/xchart/pom.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>xchart</artifactId>
-	<!-- This version is tied to the version of the parent -->
-	<version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>XChart</name>
 	<description>The core XChart library</description>