diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff8ea56..7a36a7e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
       <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>