diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 96ab557..aca80ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
         <profile>
       <id>mavencentral-release</id>
       <properties>
-          <version.nexus-staging-maven-plugin>1.6.13</version.nexus-staging-maven-plugin>
+          <version.nexus-staging-maven-plugin>1.7.0</version.nexus-staging-maven-plugin>
       </properties>
       <distributionManagement>
         <repository>