The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Release, version 2.5.3.

This plugin is used to release a project with Maven, saving a lot of repetitive, manual work. Releasing a project is made in two steps: prepare and perform.

You should specify the version in your project’s plugin configuration:

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<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.5.3</version>
</plugin>

Release Notes – Maven Release Plugin – Version 2.5.3

Bugs:

• MRELEASE-921 – perform goal doesn’t support providerImplementation
• MRELEASE-925 – Old version of plexus utils forced here causes failures

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team