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

'org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-api:jar:2.5.3'

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

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

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

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

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