diff --git a/apache-maven/src/assembly/maven/conf/settings.xml b/apache-maven/src/assembly/maven/conf/settings.xml
index 9768344b96..1ffdca9f49 100644
--- a/apache-maven/src/assembly/maven/conf/settings.xml
+++ b/apache-maven/src/assembly/maven/conf/settings.xml
@@ -191,9 +191,6 @@ under the License.
       <snapshots>
         <enabled>false</enabled>
       </snapshots>
-      <releases>
-        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
-      </releases>
     </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>