diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0289938..335c074 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-release-manager</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.3</version>
+            <version>3.2.0</version>
             <!--  we only need 2 classes o.a.m.shared.release.versions.DefaultVersionInfo
                   and o.a.m.shared.release.versions.VersionParseException
             -->