diff --git a/.mvn/maven-git-versioning-extension.xml b/.mvn/maven-git-versioning-extension.xml
index 1ea250969c..e1702b0ad5 100644
--- a/.mvn/maven-git-versioning-extension.xml
+++ b/.mvn/maven-git-versioning-extension.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
        </ref>
        <ref type ="branch">
            <pattern>release</pattern>
-           <version>4.9-release-${commit.timestamp.year.2digit}${commit.timestamp.month}${commit.timestamp.day}</version>
+           <version>4.9-release-${commit.timestamp.year}.${commit.timestamp.month}</version>
        </ref>
        <ref type ="branch">
            <pattern>feature/(.+)</pattern>