diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 187c52b61..4e552a798 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>com.github.siom79.japicmp</groupId>
           <artifactId>japicmp-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.25.6</version>
+          <version>0.26.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <oldVersion>
               <!-- We compare same module against 1.8.0 set as "baseline" -->