diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9efcb883407142220275d46dcd32dbcf0c7c1989..4a69d727725e96ea825103dd25fe5df6405b4b46 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1</version>
+        <version>2.2.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- enable release profile during the release, create IPS package, and sign bits. -->
           <prepareVerifyArgs>-P release,sign</prepareVerifyArgs>