diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 98ca195..f756fce 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.1</version>
+                <version>2.5.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <goals>package source:jar javadoc:jar deploy:deploy</goals>
                 </configuration>