diff --git a/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml b/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
index 0ca6764c4..4f00e6f03 100644
--- a/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.13</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
         <extensions>true</extensions>
         <configuration>
           <serverId>sonatype-nexus-staging</serverId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d09551fa..258e85db2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.6.13</version>
+          <version>1.7.0</version>
           <extensions>true</extensions>
           <configuration>
             <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index 88fe18cea..d116730e8 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.13</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
         </configuration>