diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b568d89..572e341f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
+          <version>3.1.1</version>
           <dependencies>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>