diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 668386f2..1b7a82cf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ under the License.
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
         <maven.version>2.2.1</maven.version>
-        <maven-plugin-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-plugin-plugin.version>
+        <maven-plugin-plugin.version>3.9.0</maven-plugin-plugin.version>
 
         <scalac-scoverage-plugin.version>2.0.7</scalac-scoverage-plugin.version>
         <scalac-scoverage-plugin.scala.version>2.13</scalac-scoverage-plugin.scala.version>