diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 16b3f137e..e7cc82761 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <commons.distSvnStagingUrl>scm:svn:https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/${commons.componentid}</commons.distSvnStagingUrl>
     <commons.scmPubUrl>https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/commons/content/proper/${commons.site.path}</commons.scmPubUrl>
     <commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>site-content</commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>
-    <maven-scm.version>2.1.0</maven-scm.version>
+    <maven-scm.version>2.2.1</maven-scm.version>
     <commons.jacoco.classRatio>0.1</commons.jacoco.classRatio>
     <commons.jacoco.instructionRatio>0.1</commons.jacoco.instructionRatio>
     <commons.jacoco.methodRatio>0.1</commons.jacoco.methodRatio>