diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 325ef8ad..4fb12667 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <plugin.javadoc>3.2.0</plugin.javadoc>
         <plugin.enforcer>3.0.0-M3</plugin.enforcer>
         <plugin.deploy>3.0.0-M1</plugin.deploy>
-        <plugin.release>3.0.0-M1</plugin.release>
+        <plugin.release>3.0.0-M4</plugin.release>
         <plugin.flatten>1.2.5</plugin.flatten>
         <plugin.jxr>3.0.0</plugin.jxr>
         <plugin.gpg>1.6</plugin.gpg>