diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f058f31..45b7993 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5.3</version>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
           </configuration>