diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e7eacc151..9d4b88c7a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@
                 </goals>
                 <phase>pre-site</phase>
                 <configuration>
-                  <tasks>
+                  <target>
                     <exec executable="svn">
                       <arg line="checkout --depth immediates ${commons.scmPubUrl} ${commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory}"/>
                     </exec>
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@
                     <exec executable="svn">
                       <arg line="update --set-depth infinity ${dirs}"/>
                     </exec>
-                  </tasks>
+                  </target>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
             </executions>