diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f11da421..9c93f4a3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
 			<artifactId>maven-release-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5.3</version>
+			<version>3.0.1</version>
 				<exclusions>
 					<exclusion>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>