diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5eb2785c1..a3dd338ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <scm>
-    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:avmang/spring-petclinic.git</developerConnection>
-  
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/avmang/spring-petclinic.git</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/avmang/spring-petclinic.git</developerConnection>
+    <url>https://github.com/avmang/spring-petclinic</url>
+    <tag>spring-petclinic-4.0.0</tag>
   </scm>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.springframework.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-petclinic</artifactId>
-  <version>4.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.0.0</version>
 
   <name>petclinic</name>
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <!-- Important for reproducible builds. Update using e.g. ./mvnw versions:set
         -DnewVersion=... -->
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-01-15T07:58:04Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-01-15T07:59:40Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
 
     <!-- Web dependencies -->
     <webjars-locator.version>1.0.1</webjars-locator.version>
@@ -162,9 +163,18 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.1</version>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
+          <goals>install</goals>
+          <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+          <checkModificationExcludes>
+              <checkModificationExclude>pom.xml</checkModificationExclude>
+              <checkModificationExclude>**</checkModificationExclude>
+          </checkModificationExcludes>
+        </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>