diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 92705cb3ab..73cb464d4c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -484,7 +484,6 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
           <arguments>-P release,sonatype-oss-release,full,no-osgi</arguments>