diff --git a/mvn-scalaxb/pom.xml b/mvn-scalaxb/pom.xml
index 1d1cf74e..7c5ee47c 100644
--- a/mvn-scalaxb/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-scalaxb/pom.xml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.2.2</version>
+          <version>3.0.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <arguments>-Pit,sonatype-oss-release</arguments>
             <connectionUrl>scm:git:${basedir}/..</connectionUrl>