diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1b38ece1..34eebd55 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <artifactId>maven-protoc-plugin</artifactId>
     <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
     <name>Maven Protoc Plugin</name>
-    <version>0.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.4.4</version>
     <url>https://github.com/sergei-ivanov/maven-protoc-plugin</url>
 
     <properties>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         <url>https://github.com/sergei-ivanov/maven-protoc-plugin</url>
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/sergei-ivanov/maven-protoc-plugin.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/sergei-ivanov/maven-protoc-plugin.git</developerConnection>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>maven-protoc-plugin-0.4.4</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/release-pom.xml b/release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..670f7e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,606 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>com.google.protobuf.tools</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-protoc-plugin</artifactId>
+  <version>0.4.4</version>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+  <name>Maven Protoc Plugin</name>
+  <url>https://github.com/sergei-ivanov/maven-protoc-plugin</url>
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <id>gak</id>
+      <name>Gregory Kick</name>
+      <organization>Google Inc.</organization>
+      <organizationUrl>http://www.google.com</organizationUrl>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>dtrott</id>
+      <name>David Trott</name>
+      <timezone>-8</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>masterzen</id>
+      <name>Brice Figureau</name>
+      <timezone>1</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>sergei-ivanov</id>
+      <name>Sergei Ivanov</name>
+      <timezone>0</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>rwicke</id>
+      <name>Robert Wicke</name>
+      <timezone>0</timezone>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+  <contributors>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Paul Nyheim (pnyheim)</name>
+      <timezone>1</timezone>
+    </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>B. K. Oxley (binkley)</name>
+      <timezone>-6</timezone>
+    </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>abatalev</name>
+    </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Marek Kedzierski (kedzie)</name>
+    </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Alexander Torstling (atorstling)</name>
+    </contributor>
+  </contributors>
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>3.0</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/sergei-ivanov/maven-protoc-plugin.git</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/sergei-ivanov/maven-protoc-plugin.git</developerConnection>
+    <url>https://github.com/sergei-ivanov/maven-protoc-plugin</url>
+  </scm>
+  <issueManagement>
+    <system>Github</system>
+    <url>https://github.com/sergei-ivanov/maven-protoc-plugin/issues/</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>bintray</id>
+      <name>Releases on Bintray</name>
+      <url>https://api.bintray.com/maven/sergei-ivanov/maven/maven-protoc-plugin</url>
+    </repository>
+    <site>
+      <id>gh-pages</id>
+      <url>https://github.com/sergei-ivanov/maven-protoc-plugin/tree/gh-pages</url>
+    </site>
+    <downloadUrl>https://bintray.com/sergei-ivanov/maven/maven-protoc-plugin/view</downloadUrl>
+  </distributionManagement>
+  <properties>
+    <plexusUtilsVersion>3.0.22</plexusUtilsVersion>
+    <java.sdk.version>1.6</java.sdk.version>
+    <java.compiler.target>1.6</java.compiler.target>
+    <pluginToolsVersion>3.4</pluginToolsVersion>
+    <java.compiler.compilerVersion>1.6</java.compiler.compilerVersion>
+    <plexusComponentVersion>1.6</plexusComponentVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.0</mavenVersion>
+    <java.compiler.source>1.6</java.compiler.source>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>classworlds</groupId>
+      <artifactId>classworlds</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1-alpha-2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+      <version>18.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+      <version>2.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.12</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-aether-provider</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-model-builder</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-settings-builder</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-testing</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-testing-harness</artifactId>
+      <version>3.3.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
+      <version>3.4</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-beta-6</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
+      <version>2.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-classworlds</artifactId>
+      <version>2.2.3</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
+      <version>1.6</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-9-stable-1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-interpolation</artifactId>
+      <version>1.14</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-io</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0.4</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.22</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.aether</groupId>
+      <artifactId>aether-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.aether</groupId>
+      <artifactId>aether-impl</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.aether</groupId>
+      <artifactId>aether-spi</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.aether</groupId>
+      <artifactId>aether-util</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-build-api</artifactId>
+      <version>0.0.7</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-cipher</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-sec-dispatcher</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.sisu</groupId>
+      <artifactId>sisu-guice</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1.7</version>
+      <classifier>noaop</classifier>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.sisu</groupId>
+      <artifactId>sisu-inject-bean</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4.2</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.sisu</groupId>
+      <artifactId>sisu-inject-plexus</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4.2</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Central Repository</name>
+      <url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Central Repository</name>
+      <url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>D:\Projects\maven-protoc-plugin\src\main\scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>target/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>target/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>target</directory>
+    <finalName>maven-protoc-plugin-0.4.4</finalName>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4</version>
+        <extensions>false</extensions>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>enforce-build-environment</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <requireMavenVersion>
+                  <version>[${mavenVersion},)</version>
+                </requireMavenVersion>
+                <requireJavaVersion>
+                  <version>[${java.sdk.version},)</version>
+                </requireJavaVersion>
+              </rules>
+              <fail>true</fail>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>enforce-dependency-convergence</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <dependencyConvergence></dependencyConvergence>
+              </rules>
+              <fail>false</fail>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>enforce-latest-dependency-versions</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <requireUpperBoundDeps></requireUpperBoundDeps>
+              </rules>
+              <fail>false</fail>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-toolchains-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1</version>
+        <extensions>false</extensions>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default-toolchain</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>toolchain</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <inherited>true</inherited>
+        <configuration>
+          <toolchains>
+            <jdk>
+              <version>[${java.sdk.version},)</version>
+            </jdk>
+          </toolchains>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.4</version>
+        <extensions>false</extensions>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default-descriptor</id>
+            <phase>process-classes</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>descriptor</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <goalPrefix>protoc</goalPrefix>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>generate-helpmojo</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>helpmojo</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <helpPackageName>com.google.protobuf.maven</helpPackageName>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6</version>
+        <extensions>false</extensions>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>generate-metadata</goal>
+              <goal>generate-test-metadata</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.3</version>
+        <extensions>false</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <fork>true</fork>
+          <compilerVersion>${java.compiler.compilerVersion}</compilerVersion>
+          <source>${java.compiler.source}</source>
+          <target>${java.compiler.target}</target>
+          <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
+          <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
+          <compilerArgument>-Xlint:all</compilerArgument>
+          <testCompilerArgument>-Xlint:all</testCompilerArgument>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5.2</version>
+        <extensions>false</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+          <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
+          <arguments>-P run-its</arguments>
+          <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2</version>
+        <extensions>false</extensions>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>display-dependency-updates</goal>
+              <goal>display-plugin-updates</goal>
+              <goal>display-property-updates</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.10</version>
+        <extensions>false</extensions>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>display-dependency-tree</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>tree</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.4</version>
+        <extensions>false</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <skipDeploy>true</skipDeploy>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.github.github</groupId>
+        <artifactId>site-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.11</version>
+        <extensions>false</extensions>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>github-site</id>
+            <phase>site-deploy</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>site</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <message>Create website for ${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</message>
+              <merge>true</merge>
+              <noJekyll>true</noJekyll>
+              <server>github</server>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.8</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <dependencyDetailsEnabled>false</dependencyDetailsEnabled>
+          <dependencyLocationsEnabled>false</dependencyLocationsEnabled>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.4</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.10.3</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <minmemory>128m</minmemory>
+          <maxmemory>512m</maxmemory>
+          <detectLinks>true</detectLinks>
+          <show>package</show>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.18.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <alwaysGenerateSurefireReport>false</alwaysGenerateSurefireReport>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2</version>
+        <reportSets>
+          <reportSet>
+            <reports>
+              <report>dependency-updates-report</report>
+              <report>plugin-updates-report</report>
+              <report>property-updates-report</report>
+            </reports>
+          </reportSet>
+        </reportSets>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-changes-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.11</version>
+        <reportSets>
+          <reportSet>
+            <reports>
+              <report>changes-report</report>
+            </reports>
+          </reportSet>
+        </reportSets>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>