diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index eb2dcc51c..d778da5b5 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ deployment:
   release:
       tag: /.*/
       commands:
-        - mvn jgitflow:release-start 
-        - mvn jgitflow:release-finish
+        - mvn jgitflow:release-start -X -e -DreleaseVersion=$CIRCLE_TAG
+        - mvn jgitflow:release-finish -X -e
         - git push versioning-test
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1b2526b6c..770f8a936 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -519,6 +519,24 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>external.atlassian.jgitflow</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jgitflow-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0-m5.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+                    <allowUntracked>true</allowUntracked>
+                    <noDeploy>true</noDeploy>
+
+                    <flowInitContext>
+                        <developBranchName>versioning-test</developBranchName>
+                        <masterBranchName>versioning-test</masterBranchName>
+                        <versionTagPrefix/>
+                        <releaseBranchPrefix>release-</releaseBranchPrefix>
+                    </flowInitContext>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>external.atlassian.jgitflow</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jgitflow-maven-plugin</artifactId>