Working around MRELEASE-812

pom.xml

@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- enable release profile during the release, create IPS package, and sign bits. -->
           <prepareVerifyArgs>-P release,sign</prepareVerifyArgs>