diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84abebe6a..1debc89a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <class.coverage.threshold>0.67</class.coverage.threshold>
         <complexity.coverage.threshold>0.53</complexity.coverage.threshold>
         <line.coverage.threshold>0.66</line.coverage.threshold>
-        <maven.release.plugin.version>2.5.3</maven.release.plugin.version>
+        <maven.release.plugin.version>3.1.1</maven.release.plugin.version>
         <kafka.connect.storage.common.version>11.2.20</kafka.connect.storage.common.version>
         <commons.collections.version>3.2.2</commons.collections.version>
         <commons-net.version>3.9.0</commons-net.version>