diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e2cdf79db3..84f96f9e60 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
     // Top level plugins
     id 'com.github.kt3k.coveralls' version '2.12.2'
     id 'com.github.node-gradle.node' version '7.1.0'
-    id 'net.researchgate.release' version '3.0.2'
+    id 'net.researchgate.release' version '3.1.0'
     // Records all tasks in task graph, generates `build/reports/visteg.dot`
     // dot file can be converted to an image using graphviz. `dot -Tsvg -O -v visteg.dot`
     // id 'cz.malohlava.visteg' version '1.0.5'