diff --git a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
index ebc42cc6fc0f..4456e33eb8fb 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
           <finalName>hbase-${project.version}</finalName>
           <skipAssembly>false</skipAssembly>
           <appendAssemblyId>true</appendAssemblyId>
-          <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
+          <tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode>
           <descriptors>
             <descriptor>${assembly.file}</descriptor>
           </descriptors>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eae2384d46b3..c4b00c3e91a7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@
     <spy.version>2.11.6</spy.version>
     <bouncycastle.version>1.46</bouncycastle.version>
     <!-- Plugin Dependencies -->
-    <maven.assembly.version>2.4</maven.assembly.version>
+    <maven.assembly.version>2.5</maven.assembly.version>
     <maven.antrun.version>1.6</maven.antrun.version>
     <jamon.plugin.version>2.4.1</jamon.plugin.version>
     <findbugs-annotations>1.3.9-1</findbugs-annotations>