diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b318abcf50..62fc2400bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>git-tag-message</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.1</version>
+      <version>1.7.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>