diff --git a/library/kamelets-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/library/kamelets-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index d87f0ed7e..9af62145d 100644
--- a/library/kamelets-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/library/kamelets-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
org.apache.maven
maven-compat
- 3.8.5
+ 3.9.6
provided