diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe50a651..366f1093 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
 		<maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-javadoc-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-gpg-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
 		<maven-dependency-plugin.version>2.10</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
 		<jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.10</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>