diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3c943585c..025bc3ee4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
         <camel.version>${project.version}</camel.version>
 
         <!-- These are not inherited from Camel via camel-dependencies -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin-version>3.15.0</maven-compiler-plugin-version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin-version>3.16.0</maven-compiler-plugin-version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin-version>3.1.2</maven-surefire-plugin-version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin-version>3.12.0</maven-javadoc-plugin-version>
         <maven-release-plugin-version>3.3.1</maven-release-plugin-version>