diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7190b4f..9dc124d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <properties>
     <!-- used for deployment to SonarSource Artifactory -->
     <gitRepositoryName>sonar-packaging-maven-plugin</gitRepositoryName>
-    <mavenVersion>3.0.5</mavenVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.8.1</mavenVersion>
     <sonar.exclusions>target/generated-sources/**/*</sonar.exclusions>
   </properties>