diff --git a/freeciv-web/pom.xml b/freeciv-web/pom.xml
index 32f09fc9b..b22618ab6 100644
--- a/freeciv-web/pom.xml
+++ b/freeciv-web/pom.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Rerun the sync-js-hand.js script.
                                 <plugin>
                                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                                         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                                        <version>3.11.0</version>
+                                        <version>3.12.1</version>
                                         <configuration>
                                                 <release>11</release>
                                         </configuration>