diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39cda96..61bfa1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ It does not do any checks, but only tries to increase the version number via `mv
 * `settingsPath`: path to a maven settings file (default: `'.m2/settings.xml'`)
 * `deployMethod`: either `'deploy'` or `'jib'`. This determines which mvn targets are used to deploy. `deploy` uses the `deploy` target and `jib` uses `package jib:build` (default: `'deploy'`)
 * `updateSnapshotVersion`: either `true` or `false`. Whether a new snapshot version should be set after releasing. (default: `false`)
+* `snapshotCommitMessage`: the commit message used if a new snapshot version should be created (default: `'chore: setting next snapshot version [skip ci]'`)
diff --git a/src/publish.js b/src/publish.js
index a11c37d..830db97 100644
--- a/src/publish.js
+++ b/src/publish.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const {
     deploy
 } = require("./maven");
 
-module.exports = async function publish (pluginConfig, {
+module.exports = async function publish(pluginConfig, {
     logger,
     nextRelease
 }) {
diff --git a/src/success.js b/src/success.js
index be20af4..094e73c 100644
--- a/src/success.js
+++ b/src/success.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const {
     push
 } = require('@semantic-release/git/lib/git')
 
-module.exports = async function success (pluginConfig, {
+module.exports = async function success(pluginConfig, {
     logger,
     env,
     cwd,
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ module.exports = async function success (pluginConfig, {
     options: { repositoryUrl }
 }) {
     const updateSnapshotVersionOpt = pluginConfig.updateSnapshotVersion || false;
+    const snapshotCommitMessage = pluginConfig.snapshotCommitMessage || 'chore: setting next snapshot version [skip ci]';
     if (updateSnapshotVersionOpt) {
         await updateSnapshotVersion(logger);
         const execaOptions = { env, cwd };
         logger.log('Staging pom.xml');
         await add(['pom.xml'], execaOptions);
         logger.log('Committing pom.xml');
-        await commit('chore: Setting next snapshot version [skip ci]', execaOptions);
+        await commit(snapshotCommitMessage, execaOptions);
         logger.log('Pushing commit');
         await push(repositoryUrl, branch.name, execaOptions);
     }
diff --git a/src/verify-conditions.js b/src/verify-conditions.js
index 7ae0f49..371157e 100644
--- a/src/verify-conditions.js
+++ b/src/verify-conditions.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const {
     testMvn
 } = require("./maven");
 
-module.exports = async function prepare(pluginConfig, context) {
+module.exports = async function verifyConditions(pluginConfig, context) {
     const {
         logger
     } = context;