diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a082bb5ee..470a2c6f7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2</version>
+          <version>3.12.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <!-- don't deploy site with maven-site-plugin -->
             <skipDeploy>true</skipDeploy>