<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-release-api</artifactId>
  <version>3.1.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency org="org.apache.maven.release" name="maven-release-api" rev="3.1.1">
  <artifact name="maven-release-api" type="jar" />
</dependency>

@Grapes(
@Grab(group='org.apache.maven.release', module='maven-release-api', version='3.1.1')
)

implementation 'org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-api:3.1.1'

libraryDependencies += "org.apache.maven.release" % "maven-release-api" % "3.1.1"

[org.apache.maven.release/maven-release-api "3.1.1"]