diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 85623bd2ed8..0b36ae9de1b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2.2</version><!--$NO-MVN-MAN-VER$-->
+                <version>2.3</version><!--$NO-MVN-MAN-VER$-->
                 <configuration>
                     <allowTimestampedSnapshots>true</allowTimestampedSnapshots>
                 </configuration>
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
 
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.2.2</version>
+                    <version>2.3</version>
                 </plugin>
 
                 <plugin>
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
             <artifactId>ant-commons-logging</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.3</version>
+            <version>1.8.4</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-discovery</groupId>