<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
  <version>2.5.3</version>
  <type>pom</type>
</dependency>

'org.apache.maven.release:maven-release:pom:2.5.3'

<dependency org="org.apache.maven.release" name="maven-release" rev="2.5.3">
  <artifact name="maven-release" type="pom" />
</dependency>

@Grapes(
@Grab(group='org.apache.maven.release', module='maven-release', version='2.5.3')
)

compile 'org.apache.maven.release:maven-release:2.5.3'

[org.apache.maven.release/maven-release "2.5.3"]

libraryDependencies += "org.apache.maven.release" % "maven-release" % "2.5.3"