diff --git a/src/it/it-set-scm-tag-001/invoker.properties b/src/it/it-set-scm-tag-001/invoker.properties
index d6f553b788..62d509b5b2 100644
--- a/src/it/it-set-scm-tag-001/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/it-set-scm-tag-001/invoker.properties
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-invoker.goals.1=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:set-scm-tag -DnewTag=v1.0
-invoker.buildResult.1=success
+invoker.goals.1=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:set-scm-tag -DnewTag=v1.0 -Dconnection=connection -DdeveloperConnection=developerConnection -Durl=url
diff --git a/src/it/it-set-scm-tag-001/pom.xml b/src/it/it-set-scm-tag-001/pom.xml
index 52c747ae7c..ff6cdb58b5 100644
--- a/src/it/it-set-scm-tag-001/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/it-set-scm-tag-001/pom.xml
@@ -9,5 +9,8 @@
   <name>set-scm-tag</name>
   <scm>
     <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <connection>dummy</connection>
+    <developerConnection>dummy</developerConnection>
+    <url>dummy</url>
   </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/it/it-set-scm-tag-001/verify.bsh b/src/it/it-set-scm-tag-001/verify.bsh
deleted file mode 100644
index fb60555c17..0000000000
--- a/src/it/it-set-scm-tag-001/verify.bsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import java.io.*;
-import java.util.regex.*;
-
-try
-{
-    File file = new File( basedir, "pom.xml" );
-
-    BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( new FileInputStream( file ), "UTF-8" ) );
-    StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
-    String line = in.readLine();
-    while ( line != null )
-    {
-        buf.append( line );
-        buf.append( " " );
-        line = in.readLine();
-    }
-
-    Pattern p = Pattern.compile( "\\Q<scm>\\E\\s*\\Q<tag>\\Ev1\\.0\\Q</tag>\\E\\s*\\Q</scm>\\E" );
-    Matcher m = p.matcher( buf.toString() );
-    if ( !m.find() )
-    {
-        System.out.println( "Setting new tag" );
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-catch( Throwable t )
-{
-    t.printStackTrace();
-    return false;
-}
-
-return true;
diff --git a/src/it/it-set-scm-tag-001/verify.groovy b/src/it/it-set-scm-tag-001/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff47e6ab50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/it-set-scm-tag-001/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pom = new File( basedir, "pom.xml" ).text;
+
+assert pom =~ /<tag>v1\.0<\/tag>/
+assert pom =~ /<connection>connection<\/connection>/
+assert pom =~ /<developerConnection>developerConnection<\/developerConnection>/
+assert pom =~ /<url>url<\/url>/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetScmTagMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetScmTagMojo.java
index 8c7300331a..b88bbdc8c2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetScmTagMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetScmTagMojo.java
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata.ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
@@ -23,8 +26,7 @@
  * @since 2.5
  */
 @Mojo( name = "set-scm-tag", requiresDirectInvocation = true, aggregator = true, threadSafe = true )
-public class SetScmTagMojo
-    extends AbstractVersionsUpdaterMojo
+public class SetScmTagMojo extends AbstractVersionsUpdaterMojo
 {
 
     /**
@@ -35,6 +37,30 @@ public class SetScmTagMojo
     @Parameter( property = "newTag" )
     private String newTag;
 
+    /**
+     * The new SCM connection property
+     *
+     * @since 2.12.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "connection" )
+    private String connection;
+
+    /**
+     * The new SCM developerConnection property
+     *
+     * @since 2.12.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "developerConnection" )
+    private String developerConnection;
+
+    /**
+     * The new SCM url property
+     *
+     * @since 2.12.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "url" )
+    private String url;
+
     /**
      * Called when this mojo is executed.
      *
@@ -42,8 +68,7 @@ public class SetScmTagMojo
      * @throws org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException   when things go wrong.
      */
     @Override
-    public void execute()
-        throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
     {
         if ( isBlank( newTag ) )
         {
@@ -55,7 +80,7 @@ public void execute()
 
     @Override
     protected void update( ModifiedPomXMLEventReader pom )
-        throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException, XMLStreamException, ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException
+            throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException, XMLStreamException, ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException
     {
         try
         {
@@ -67,10 +92,37 @@ protected void update( ModifiedPomXMLEventReader pom )
             }
             getLog().info( "Updating from tag " + scm.getTag() + " > " + newTag );
 
-            boolean success = PomHelper.setProjectValue( pom, "/project/scm/tag", newTag );
-            if ( !success )
+            List<String> failures = new ArrayList<>();
+            if ( !PomHelper.setProjectValue( pom, "/project/scm/tag", newTag ) )
+            {
+                failures.add( "tag: " + newTag );
+            }
+            if ( !isBlank( connection ) )
+            {
+                if ( !PomHelper.setProjectValue( pom, "/project/scm/connection", connection ) )
+                {
+                    failures.add( "connection: " + connection );
+                }
+            }
+            if ( !isBlank( developerConnection ) )
+            {
+                if ( !PomHelper.setProjectValue( pom, "/project/scm/developerConnection", developerConnection ) )
+                {
+                    failures.add( "developerConnection: " + developerConnection );
+                }
+            }
+            if ( !isBlank( url ) )
+            {
+                if ( !PomHelper.setProjectValue( pom, "/project/scm/url", url ) )
+                {
+                    failures.add( "url: " + url );
+                }
+            }
+            if ( !failures.isEmpty() )
             {
-                throw new MojoFailureException( "Could not update the SCM tag" );
+                throw new MojoFailureException( "Could not update one or more SCM elements: " + failures.stream()
+                        .collect( Collectors.joining( ", " ) )
+                        + ". Please make sure they are present in the original POM. " );
             }
         }
         catch ( IOException e )