Why does maven release plugin allow for SNAPSHOT version in dependency management?

What is alarming, is that SNAPSHOT versions can be defined in dependencyManagement. Though when maven release is performed, the pom is allowed to be released with SNAPSHOT version in dependencyManagement. Why?

I would expect the maven-release-plugin to update SNAPSHOT versions in dependencyManagement upon release. Actually, there are some Jira about this, for example MRELEASE-91 and MRELEASE-202 that may affect you.

So the question is: which version of the plugin are you using?

But to be honest, it's not really clear what versions are affected by MRELEASE-202, the comments are confusing (so I wonder if the issue is fixed or not). Anyway, if the version you are using is affected, then upgrade to a more recent version. And if the bug/regression (I think it's a bug) is still there, then raise a new issue.