diff --git a/dev/appveyor-install-dependencies.ps1 b/dev/appveyor-install-dependencies.ps1
index 7c7bdd623477a..80f4f4efb7d27 100644
--- a/dev/appveyor-install-dependencies.ps1
+++ b/dev/appveyor-install-dependencies.ps1
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if (!(Test-Path $tools)) {
 # ========================== Maven
 Push-Location $tools
 
-$mavenVer = "3.6.0"
+$mavenVer = "3.6.1"
 Start-FileDownload "https://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/$mavenVer/binaries/apache-maven-$mavenVer-bin.zip" "maven.zip"
 
 # extract
diff --git a/docs/building-spark.md b/docs/building-spark.md
index ab8036381922d..fcc6108dd1b1d 100644
--- a/docs/building-spark.md
+++ b/docs/building-spark.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ license: |
 ## Apache Maven
 
 The Maven-based build is the build of reference for Apache Spark.
-Building Spark using Maven requires Maven 3.6.0 and Java 8.
+Building Spark using Maven requires Maven 3.6.1 and Java 8.
 Spark requires Scala 2.12; support for Scala 2.11 was removed in Spark 3.0.0.
 
 ### Setting up Maven's Memory Usage