diff --git a/blueprint/blueprint-cm/pom.xml b/blueprint/blueprint-cm/pom.xml
index 563b83ec1a..3b5e22ed14 100644
--- a/blueprint/blueprint-cm/pom.xml
+++ b/blueprint/blueprint-cm/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <blueprint.api.version>1.0.1</blueprint.api.version>
         <blueprint.core.version>1.10.3</blueprint.core.version>
         <blueprint.parser.version>1.6.0</blueprint.parser.version>
-        <maven-release-plugin.version>2.5.2</maven-release-plugin.version>
+        <maven-release-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-release-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.aries.blueprint.core.version>1.10.0</org.apache.aries.blueprint.core.version>
         <org.osgi.compendium.version>4.1.0</org.osgi.compendium.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
diff --git a/blueprint/blueprint-core/pom.xml b/blueprint/blueprint-core/pom.xml
index 81738d68c6..aa8420aa5c 100644
--- a/blueprint/blueprint-core/pom.xml
+++ b/blueprint/blueprint-core/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         <blueprint.api.version>1.0.1</blueprint.api.version>
         <blueprint.parser.version>1.6.0</blueprint.parser.version>
         <easymock.version>5.5.0</easymock.version>
-        <maven-release-plugin.version>2.5.2</maven-release-plugin.version>
+        <maven-release-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-release-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.aries.versioning.plugin.version>0.3.1</org.apache.aries.versioning.plugin.version>
         <org.apache.felix.utils.version>1.11.8</org.apache.felix.utils.version>
         <proxy.api.version>1.1.1</proxy.api.version>
diff --git a/versioning/versioning-checker/pom.xml b/versioning/versioning-checker/pom.xml
index 3d0e701908..04cf63c8ea 100644
--- a/versioning/versioning-checker/pom.xml
+++ b/versioning/versioning-checker/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <aries.skip.version.check>true</aries.skip.version.check>
 
         <asm.version>9.7.1</asm.version>
-        <maven-release-plugin.version>2.5.2</maven-release-plugin.version>
+        <maven-release-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-release-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.aries.testsupport.unit.version>1.0.0</org.apache.aries.testsupport.unit.version>
         <org.apache.aries.util.version>1.1.0</org.apache.aries.util.version>
     </properties>