diff --git a/tooling/camel-k-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tooling/camel-k-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 2b1983914..13492ac8f 100644
--- a/tooling/camel-k-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/camel-k-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
     <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>3.6.3</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>