diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7cc8e32..5cc077cf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <mavenVersion>3.8.1</mavenVersion>
+        <mavenVersion>3.9.16</mavenVersion>
 
         <mavenPluginPluginVersion>3.15.2</mavenPluginPluginVersion>
         <!-- Test settings -->