diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-568_manifest-splitpackage/mojo/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-568_manifest-splitpackage/mojo/pom.xml
index 67b08dc56..51d675169 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-568_manifest-splitpackage/mojo/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-568_manifest-splitpackage/mojo/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0</version>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>