diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 9bd31a231..d572b08a4 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -453,20 +453,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
-                    <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
-                    <preparationGoals>verify</preparationGoals>
-                    <pushChanges>false</pushChanges>
-                    <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
-                    <remoteTagging>false</remoteTagging>
-                    <arguments>-DskipTests -DskipITs -Dmaven.deploy.skip=true ${release.arguments}</arguments>
-                    <allowTimestampedSnapshots>true</allowTimestampedSnapshots>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 98ad8abab..bb9743b44 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -120,5 +120,21 @@
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+                    <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
+                    <preparationGoals>verify</preparationGoals>
+                    <pushChanges>false</pushChanges>
+                    <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
+                    <remoteTagging>false</remoteTagging>
+                    <arguments>-DskipTests -DskipITs -Dmaven.deploy.skip=true ${release.arguments}</arguments>
+                    <allowTimestampedSnapshots>true</allowTimestampedSnapshots>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
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