diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ac31c26..e3b138f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.5</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<maven-jar-plugin.version>2.4</maven-jar-plugin.version>
 		<maven-surfire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surfire-plugin.version>
-		<maven-release-plugin.version>2.5.3</maven-release-plugin.version>
+		<maven-release-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-release-plugin.version>
 		<maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
 		<maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
 		<maven-gpg-plugin.version>1.4</maven-gpg-plugin.version>