maven staging plugin ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: -1 on release using Java 8

[INFO] --- nexus-staging-maven-plugin:1.6.3:release (default-cli) @ open ---
[INFO]  + Using server credentials "sonatype-nexus-staging" from Maven settings.
[INFO]  * Connected to Nexus at https://oss.sonatype.org:443/, is version 2.9.1-01 and edition "Professional"
[INFO] Releasing staging repository with IDs=[comcedarsoft-1039]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 2.949 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2014-09-06T14:39:22+02:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 16M/93M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.sonatype.plugins:nexus-staging-maven-plugin:1.6.3:release (default-cli) on project open: Execution default-cli of goal org.sonatype.plugins:nexus-staging-maven-plugin:1.6.3:release failed: -1 -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.sonatype.plugins:nexus-staging-maven-plugin:1.6.3:release (default-cli) on project open: Execution default-cli of goal org.sonatype.plugins:nexus-staging-maven-plugin:1.6.3:release failed: -1
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:224)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:116)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:80)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:120)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:347)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:154)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:582)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:214)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:158)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionException: Execution default-cli of goal org.sonatype.plugins:nexus-staging-maven-plugin:1.6.3:release failed: -1
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:143)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)
    ... 19 more
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: -1
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.util.OrderRetainingMap.entrySet(OrderRetainingMap.java:77)
    at java.util.HashMap.putMapEntries(HashMap.java:511)
    at java.util.HashMap.putAll(HashMap.java:784)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.util.OrderRetainingMap.<init>(OrderRetainingMap.java:36)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.FieldDictionary.buildMap(FieldDictionary.java:135)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.FieldDictionary.fieldsFor(FieldDictionary.java:76)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.PureJavaReflectionProvider.visitSerializableFields(PureJavaReflectionProvider.java:127)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter.doMarshal(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:83)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter.marshal(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:73)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convert(TreeMarshaller.java:70)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convertAnother(TreeMarshaller.java:58)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter.marshallField(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:240)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter$2.writeField(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:216)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter$2.<init>(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:179)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter.doMarshal(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:125)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter.marshal(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:73)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convert(TreeMarshaller.java:70)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convertAnother(TreeMarshaller.java:58)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter.marshallField(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:240)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter$2.writeField(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:216)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter$2.<init>(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:179)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter.doMarshal(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:125)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter.marshal(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:73)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convert(TreeMarshaller.java:70)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convertAnother(TreeMarshaller.java:58)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convertAnother(TreeMarshaller.java:43)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.start(TreeMarshaller.java:82)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractTreeMarshallingStrategy.marshal(AbstractTreeMarshallingStrategy.java:37)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.marshal(XStream.java:993)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.marshal(XStream.java:982)
    at org.sonatype.nexus.client.internal.rest.XStreamXmlProvider.getSize(XStreamXmlProvider.java:101)
    at com.sun.jersey.api.client.RequestWriter$RequestEntityWriterImpl.<init>(RequestWriter.java:202)
    at com.sun.jersey.api.client.RequestWriter.getRequestEntityWriter(RequestWriter.java:248)
    at com.sun.jersey.client.apache4.ApacheHttpClient4Handler.getHttpEntity(ApacheHttpClient4Handler.java:241)
    at com.sun.jersey.client.apache4.ApacheHttpClient4Handler.getUriHttpRequest(ApacheHttpClient4Handler.java:197)
    at com.sun.jersey.client.apache4.ApacheHttpClient4Handler.handle(ApacheHttpClient4Handler.java:153)
    at org.sonatype.sisu.siesta.client.filters.RequestFilters.handle(RequestFilters.java:48)
    at com.sun.jersey.api.client.Client.handle(Client.java:648)
    at com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource.voidHandle(WebResource.java:704)
    at com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource.access$400(WebResource.java:74)
    at com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource$Builder.post(WebResource.java:553)
    at com.sonatype.nexus.staging.client.internal.StagingWorkflowV2ServiceImpl$10.perform(StagingWorkflowV2ServiceImpl.java:280)
    at com.sonatype.nexus.staging.client.internal.StagingWorkflowV2ServiceImpl$10.perform(StagingWorkflowV2ServiceImpl.java:277)
    at com.sonatype.nexus.staging.client.internal.ExceptionConverter.runAndReturn(ExceptionConverter.java:39)
    at com.sonatype.nexus.staging.client.internal.StagingWorkflowV2ServiceImpl.releaseStagingRepositories(StagingWorkflowV2ServiceImpl.java:276)
    at com.sonatype.nexus.staging.client.internal.StagingWorkflowV3ServiceImpl.releaseStagingRepositories(StagingWorkflowV3ServiceImpl.java:92)
    at org.sonatype.nexus.maven.staging.workflow.ReleaseStageRepositoryMojo.doExecute(ReleaseStageRepositoryMojo.java:56)
    at org.sonatype.nexus.maven.staging.workflow.AbstractStagingActionMojo.execute(AbstractStagingActionMojo.java:56)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:132)
    ... 20 more