diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 37e6a08c..1ad34677 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5</version>
+            <version>1.6</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>