diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index edbf32eb6e..97d849a4e5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Upgrade [Legman](https://github.com/sdorra/legman) to v1.6.2 in order to fix execution on Java versions > 8
 - Upgrade [Lombok](https://projectlombok.org/) to version 1.18.10 in order to fix build on Java versions > 8
 - Upgrade [Mockito](https://site.mockito.org/) to version 2.28.2 in order to fix tests on Java versions > 8  
+- Upgrade smp-maven-plugin to version 1.0.0-rc3
 
 ## 2.0.0-rc3 - 2020-01-31
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ddd07a432e..24f7c9403d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
           <artifactId>smp-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0-rc2</version>
+          <version>1.0.0-rc3</version>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>