diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8390063..b5838b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3</version>
+        <version>3.1.1</version>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>