diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee3bf7ccc1..8a4fa8bea8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.0.1</version>
+					<version>3.1.0</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<tagBase>https://svn.sonatype.org/m2eclipse/tycho/tags</tagBase>
 					</configuration>