diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b1461f4..242132e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@
 						<configuration>
 				       		<serverId>sonatype-nexus-staging</serverId>
 				        	<nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+				        	<autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
 				      	</configuration>
 					</plugin>
 				</plugins>