diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 94760b33f..fe006049e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.0-beta-7</version>
+          <version>2.0-beta-6</version>
           <configuration>
             <tagBase>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/archiva/tags</tagBase>
             <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>