diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e2d4c7de43..8d3f539aa5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -137,10 +137,13 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.lukegb.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>gitdescribe-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3</version>
+        <version>2.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <outputPrefix>${buildtag.prefix}</outputPrefix>
           <outputPostfix>${buildtag.suffix}</outputPostfix>
+            <extraArguments>
+                <extraArgument>--always</extraArgument>
+            </extraArguments>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>