diff --git a/modules/samples/java_first_jaxws/pom.xml b/modules/samples/java_first_jaxws/pom.xml
index 48c688b7e1..5c46a3d440 100644
--- a/modules/samples/java_first_jaxws/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/java_first_jaxws/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <warSourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/webapp</warSourceDirectory>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/modules/samples/jaxws-samples/pom.xml b/modules/samples/jaxws-samples/pom.xml
index b3c567f35c..2b7397d07d 100644
--- a/modules/samples/jaxws-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/jaxws-samples/pom.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <warName>jaxws-samples</warName>
                     <warSourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/webapp</warSourceDirectory>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40cb1ddf26..35c09356f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.4.0</version>
+                    <version>3.5.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>