maven release issue does not pass arguments to sub-build

pom.xml

@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
+                    <arguments>$(arguments)</arguments>
                     <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>