diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2623282c..e7a75aa2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@
                             <configuration>
                                 <serverId>sonatype</serverId>
                                 <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-                                <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                                <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
                                 <keepStagingRepositoryOnFailure>true</keepStagingRepositoryOnFailure>
                             </configuration>
                         </plugin>