diff --git a/elide-example/elide-blog-example/pom.xml b/elide-example/elide-blog-example/pom.xml
index ffc91cf74d..e70ba40920 100644
--- a/elide-example/elide-blog-example/pom.xml
+++ b/elide-example/elide-blog-example/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
+                <version>3.1.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifest>
diff --git a/elide-example/elide-hibernate3-mysql-example/pom.xml b/elide-example/elide-hibernate3-mysql-example/pom.xml
index 3be8684f30..ef58c612a7 100644
--- a/elide-example/elide-hibernate3-mysql-example/pom.xml
+++ b/elide-example/elide-hibernate3-mysql-example/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
+                <version>3.1.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifest>
diff --git a/elide-standalone/pom.xml b/elide-standalone/pom.xml
index 36f571a343..1c7f19f087 100644
--- a/elide-standalone/pom.xml
+++ b/elide-standalone/pom.xml
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.2</version>
+                <version>3.1.2</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9a4da3169..48fcde78e1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.2</version>
+                    <version>3.1.2</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId>