All backported fixes for 1.0.x are applied here.

Releasing

mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=1.0.x && \
git clean -f && git add -u && git commit -m "1.0.x" && \
mvn -Prelease deploy && mvn scm:tag

If that succeeds:

mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=1.0.x-SNAPSHOT && \
git clean -f && git add -u && git commit -m "1.0.x-SNAPSHOT"