diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 32ed70d7da3b1bd43491e933cfc0294ef41b6fbc..7b24174a61df605b0f1890cd9c38373a317f89df 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,18 @@
 					<header>src/main/build-tools/license-header.txt</header>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
+            <!-- Force release plugin version -->
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4.2</version>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.8.1</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 	<dependencies>