diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 757d75ac..eff1dbef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@
             <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>