diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d70cfcb..f357d1c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>3.26.0</version>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.1.1</version> <!-- for reproducible builds: >= 3.0.0-M1 -->
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>3.3.1</version>