diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 29165ff99..597e71a6a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     <maven.test.failure.ignore>false</maven.test.failure.ignore>
-    <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.6.13</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
+    <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
     <pitest-junit5-plugin.version>1.2.1</pitest-junit5-plugin.version>
     <pitmp-maven-plugin.version>1.3.7</pitmp-maven-plugin.version>