diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 95ae576c40..b0791842e4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     <maven-surefire-plugin-version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin-version>
     <maven-antrun-plugin-version>3.1.0</maven-antrun-plugin-version>
     <maven-assembly-plugin-version>3.6.0</maven-assembly-plugin-version>
-    <maven-release-plugin-version>3.0.1</maven-release-plugin-version>
+    <maven-release-plugin-version>2.5.3</maven-release-plugin-version>
     <maven-eclipse-plugin-version>2.10</maven-eclipse-plugin-version>
     <maven-enforcer-plugin-version>3.3.0</maven-enforcer-plugin-version>
     <maven-war-plugin-version>3.3.2</maven-war-plugin-version>