diff --git a/parquet-column/pom.xml b/parquet-column/pom.xml
index 168d2ee3e9..aafc5e539c 100644
--- a/parquet-column/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-column/pom.xml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.0</version>
+        <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
diff --git a/parquet-common/pom.xml b/parquet-common/pom.xml
index c35c943c5f..7b06324ac1 100644
--- a/parquet-common/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-common/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.0</version>
+        <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
diff --git a/parquet-encoding/pom.xml b/parquet-encoding/pom.xml
index c9f902d685..183262bbad 100644
--- a/parquet-encoding/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-encoding/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.0</version>
+        <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
diff --git a/parquet-format-structures/pom.xml b/parquet-format-structures/pom.xml
index f277d164cd..2e9520f095 100644
--- a/parquet-format-structures/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-format-structures/pom.xml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.0</version>
+            <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>check-thrift-version</id>
diff --git a/parquet-thrift/pom.xml b/parquet-thrift/pom.xml
index 8da5bd33b3..264c2d4037 100644
--- a/parquet-thrift/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-thrift/pom.xml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.0</version>
+            <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>check-thrift-version</id>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cfbc1d1dbd..3f8efea944 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
     <powermock.version>2.0.9</powermock.version>
     <net.openhft.version>0.26ea0</net.openhft.version>
-    <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
+    <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.3.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
 
     <!-- parquet-cli dependencies -->
     <opencsv.version>2.3</opencsv.version>