cannot release because timeout in cvs log command

I perform release from parent pom
continuum executes
2009-06-16 17:46:58,762 [pool-3-thread-1] INFO releasePhase#update-working-copy - Updating local copy against the scm...
2009-06-16 17:46:58,961 [pool-3-thread-1] INFO org.apache.continuum.scm.manager.Slf4jScmLogger - Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /var/cache/continumm/working-directory/258 && cvs -z3 -f -q upda
te -d
2009-06-16 17:46:58,961 [pool-3-thread-1] INFO org.apache.continuum.scm.manager.Slf4jScmLogger - Working directory: /var/cache/continumm/working-directory/258
2009-06-16 17:47:21,299 [pool-3-thread-1] INFO org.apache.continuum.scm.manager.Slf4jScmLogger - Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /var/cache/continumm/working-directory/258 && cvs -z3 -f -d :ext
:continuum@samson.prov.bz:/var/cvs -q log
2009-06-16 17:47:21,300 [pool-3-thread-1] INFO org.apache.continuum.scm.manager.Slf4jScmLogger - Working directory: /var/cache/continumm/working-directory/258

/var/cache/continumm/working-directory/258 is the working directory of the parent pom

then after a while I get the error:
[INFO] Updating local copy against the scm...
[ERROR] org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException: Unable to get reactor projects: Failed to build project.
at org.apache.maven.continuum.release.phase.GenerateReactorProjectsPhase.execute(GenerateReactorProjectsPhase.java:82)
at org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager.prepare(DefaultReleaseManager.java:194)
at org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager.prepareWithResult(DefaultReleaseManager.java:107)
at org.apache.maven.continuum.release.executors.PrepareReleaseTaskExecutor.execute(PrepareReleaseTaskExecutor.java:43)
at org.apache.maven.continuum.release.executors.AbstractReleaseTaskExecutor.executeTask(AbstractReleaseTaskExecutor.java:67)
at org.codehaus.plexus.taskqueue.execution.ThreadedTaskQueueExecutor$ExecutorRunnable$1.run(ThreadedTaskQueueExecutor.java:116)
at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:442)
at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:178)
at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1061)
at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:575)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.continuum.release.ContinuumReleaseException: Failed to build project.
at org.apache.maven.continuum.release.phase.GenerateReactorProjectsPhase.addModules(GenerateReactorProjectsPhase.java:161)
at org.apache.maven.continuum.release.phase.GenerateReactorProjectsPhase.getReactorProjects(GenerateReactorProjectsPhase.java:109)
at org.apache.maven.continuum.release.phase.GenerateReactorProjectsPhase.execute(GenerateReactorProjectsPhase.java:78)
... 10 more
Caused by: org.apache.maven.project.InvalidProjectModelException: Failed to validate POM for project it.bz.prov.lafisvet:StrutturaZootecnica at /var/cache/continumm/working-directory/258/StrutturaZootecnica/pom.xml
at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.processProjectLogic(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:1108)
at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildInternal(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:878)
at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildFromSourceFileInternal(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:506)
at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.build(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:225)
at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildWithDependencies(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:355)
at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildWithDependencies(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:343)
at org.apache.maven.continuum.release.phase.GenerateReactorProjectsPhase.addModules(GenerateReactorProjectsPhase.java:151)
... 12 more

I think the problem is cvs log that tooks 3 min. and continuum gets a timeout