diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 433ecfb0..581a0289 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
             <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-               <version>3.0-r1585899</version>
+               <version>2.5</version>
                <configuration>
                   <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
                   <tagNameFormat>HikariCP-@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>