diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c28a1358..1cd67bd2c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -819,6 +819,7 @@
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     <maven-surefire-report-plugin.version>2.22.1</maven-surefire-report-plugin.version>
     <maven-toolchains-plugin.version>1.1</maven-toolchains-plugin.version>
+    <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.6.8</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
     <bndlib.version>4.1.0</bndlib.version>
     <!-- Properties for maven-compiler-plugin -->
     <maven.compiler.compilerVersion>1.6</maven.compiler.compilerVersion>