diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 74d23b52..ab60335e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.3</version>
+                <version>3.1.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
                     <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
@@ -327,3 +327,4 @@
     </distributionManagement>
 
 </project>
+