diff --git a/blueprint/blueprint-cm/pom.xml b/blueprint/blueprint-cm/pom.xml
index fc90b50129..8967ae6557 100644
--- a/blueprint/blueprint-cm/pom.xml
+++ b/blueprint/blueprint-cm/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <blueprint.api.version>1.0.2-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.api.version>
         <blueprint.core.version>1.10.4-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.core.version>
         <blueprint.parser.version>1.6.2-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.parser.version>
-        <maven-release-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-release-plugin.version>
+        <maven-release-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-release-plugin.version>
         <osgi.cmpn.version>5.0.0</osgi.cmpn.version>
         <osgi.core.version>4.3.1</osgi.core.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
diff --git a/blueprint/blueprint-core/pom.xml b/blueprint/blueprint-core/pom.xml
index 4b04a29d3f..e3dd0d769a 100644
--- a/blueprint/blueprint-core/pom.xml
+++ b/blueprint/blueprint-core/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         <blueprint.api.version>1.0.2-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.api.version>
         <blueprint.parser.version>1.6.2-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.parser.version>
         <easymock.version>5.6.0</easymock.version>
-        <maven-release-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-release-plugin.version>
+        <maven-release-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-release-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.aries.versioning.plugin.version>0.3.1</org.apache.aries.versioning.plugin.version>
         <org.apache.felix.utils.version>1.11.8</org.apache.felix.utils.version>
         <osgi.cmpn.version>4.3.1</osgi.cmpn.version>
diff --git a/versioning/versioning-checker/pom.xml b/versioning/versioning-checker/pom.xml
index f93e5d3d27..4dbc869bbf 100644
--- a/versioning/versioning-checker/pom.xml
+++ b/versioning/versioning-checker/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <aries.skip.version.check>true</aries.skip.version.check>
 
         <asm.version>9.9</asm.version>
-        <maven-release-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-release-plugin.version>
+        <maven-release-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-release-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.aries.testsupport.unit.version>1.0.0</org.apache.aries.testsupport.unit.version>
         <org.apache.aries.util.version>1.1.0</org.apache.aries.util.version>
     </properties>