diff --git a/lib/config/definitions.js b/lib/config/definitions.js
index 7104021cac3d70d6d4c8df538adcc1dd1d8f6f1b..24e074f83849ae1a80892c4b2d236b98d1b4c024 100644
--- a/lib/config/definitions.js
+++ b/lib/config/definitions.js
@@ -1388,6 +1388,7 @@ const options = [
     default: {
       enabled: false,
       fileMatch: ['\\.pom.xml$', '(^|/)pom.xml$'],
+      versionScheme: 'maven',
     },
     mergeable: true,
     cli: false,
diff --git a/test/versioning/maven.spec.js b/test/versioning/maven.spec.js
index dc4967c7f070d50a3caba7e5053d86a76d9a86a3..ef50f9446414a3cea9e841a6593f6136e298f279 100644
--- a/test/versioning/maven.spec.js
+++ b/test/versioning/maven.spec.js
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ describe('versioning/maven/index', () => {
     expect(isVersion('1-final')).toEqual(true);
     expect(isVersion('v1.0.0')).toEqual(true);
     expect(isVersion('x1.0.0')).toEqual(false);
+    expect(isVersion('2.1.1.RELEASE')).toEqual(true);
   });
   it('checks if version is stable', () => {
     expect(isStable('')).toEqual(null);