diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dfd4f358..aff17330 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.2</version>
+                <version>2.5.3</version>
                 <dependencies>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>