diff --git a/dev-support/make_rc.sh b/dev-support/make_rc.sh
index 4c5c12d10262..4892252ef868 100755
--- a/dev-support/make_rc.sh
+++ b/dev-support/make_rc.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function tgz_mover {
 
 function deploy {
   MAVEN_OPTS="${mvnopts}" ${mvn} clean install -DskipTests -Prelease
-  MAVEN_OPTS="${mvnopts}" ${mvn} install -DskipTests site assembly:single -Prelease 
+  MAVEN_OPTS="${mvnopts}" ${mvn} install -DskipTests post-site assembly:single -Prelease
   tgz_mover
   MAVEN_OPTS="${mvnopts}" ${mvn} deploy -DskipTests -Papache-release 
 }
diff --git a/dev-support/publish_hbase_website.sh b/dev-support/publish_hbase_website.sh
index 072de8dcf041..8da18e7a9a0c 100755
--- a/dev-support/publish_hbase_website.sh
+++ b/dev-support/publish_hbase_website.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ if [ $INTERACTIVE ]; then
     read -p "Build the site? (y/n)" yn
     case $yn in
         [Yy]* ) 
-    			mvn clean package javadoc:aggregate site post-site site:stage -DskipTests
+          mvn clean package javadoc:aggregate post-site site:stage -DskipTests
           status=$?
           if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
             echo "The website does not build. Aborting."
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ if [ $INTERACTIVE ]; then
     esac
 else
   echo "Building the site in auto mode."
-  mvn clean package javadoc:aggregate site post-site site:stage -DskipTests
+  mvn clean package javadoc:aggregate post-site site:stage -DskipTests
   status=$?
   if [ $status != 0 ]; then
     echo "The website does not build. Aborting."
diff --git a/dev-support/test-patch.sh b/dev-support/test-patch.sh
index 701b42618446..e7c98cec6116 100755
--- a/dev-support/test-patch.sh
+++ b/dev-support/test-patch.sh
@@ -901,18 +901,18 @@ checkSiteXml () {
   echo ""
   echo ""
 
-  echo "$MVN package site -DskipTests -D${PROJECT_NAME}PatchProcess > $PATCH_DIR/patchSiteOutput.txt 2>&1"
+  echo "$MVN package post-site -DskipTests -D${PROJECT_NAME}PatchProcess > $PATCH_DIR/patchSiteOutput.txt 2>&1"
   export MAVEN_OPTS="${MAVEN_OPTS}"
-  $MVN package site -DskipTests -D${PROJECT_NAME}PatchProcess  > $PATCH_DIR/patchSiteOutput.txt 2>&1
+  $MVN package post-site -DskipTests -D${PROJECT_NAME}PatchProcess  > $PATCH_DIR/patchSiteOutput.txt 2>&1
   if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
     JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
 
-    {color:red}-1 site{color}.  The patch appears to cause mvn site goal to fail."
+    {color:red}-1 site{color}.  The patch appears to cause mvn post-site goal to fail."
     return 1
   fi
   JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
 
-  {color:green}+1 site{color}.  The mvn site goal succeeds with this patch."
+  {color:green}+1 site{color}.  The mvn post-site goal succeeds with this patch."
   return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 492365a5c1f4..b9d0ef011974 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1080,6 +1080,7 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>${maven.antrun.version}</version>
         <inherited>false</inherited>
@@ -1191,7 +1192,7 @@
     <bouncycastle.version>1.46</bouncycastle.version>
     <!-- Plugin Dependencies -->
     <maven.assembly.version>2.4</maven.assembly.version>
-    <maven.antrun.version>1.6</maven.antrun.version>
+    <maven.antrun.version>1.8</maven.antrun.version>
     <jamon.plugin.version>2.3.4</jamon.plugin.version>
     <findbugs-annotations>1.3.9-1</findbugs-annotations>
     <javadoc.version>2.9</javadoc.version>
@@ -1794,7 +1795,7 @@
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
                   <tasks>
-                    <echo>Maven Exceution Environment</echo>
+                    <echo>Maven Execution Environment</echo>
                     <echo>MAVEN_OPTS="${env.MAVEN_OPTS}"</echo>
                   </tasks>
                 </configuration>