diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 04a12fa41..ef484dbe6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1062,6 +1062,23 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>create-javadoc-jar</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>javadoc</goal>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
+          <javadocExecutable>${commons.compiler.javadoc}</javadocExecutable>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -1506,23 +1523,6 @@
               <arguments>-Prelease</arguments>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
-          <plugin>
-            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>create-javadoc-jar</id>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>javadoc</goal>
-                  <goal>jar</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <phase>package</phase>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-            <configuration>
-              <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
-              <javadocExecutable>${commons.compiler.javadoc}</javadocExecutable>
-            </configuration>
-          </plugin>
           <plugin>
             <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
             <version>${commons.assembly-plugin.version}</version>