diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1666b0b7085..c59460e8994 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -387,10 +387,12 @@
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
         <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5.1</version>
-          </plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+            <skip>true</skip>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>