diff --git a/bindings/java/release/pom.xml b/bindings/java/release/pom.xml
index 403b30165..0de5a0949 100644
--- a/bindings/java/release/pom.xml
+++ b/bindings/java/release/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.12</version>
+                <version>3.6.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <systemProperties>
                         <property>
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.10</version>
+                <version>3.6.2</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>add_sources</id>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2.1</version>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.5</version>
+                        <version>3.2.8</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>