diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7915de9..55be3e0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
         <maven.version>3.6.3</maven.version>
         <maven.annotations.version>3.6.0</maven.annotations.version>
-        <maven.plugin.plugin.version>3.6.0</maven.plugin.plugin.version>
+        <maven.plugin.plugin.version>3.10.1</maven.plugin.plugin.version>
         <!-- actually a dependency here. -->
         <dependency.maven.bundle.plugin.version>5.1.8</dependency.maven.bundle.plugin.version>
         <tycho.version>2.7.5</tycho.version>