diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e59ca024..b26dd4579 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <jackson.version>2.14.1</jackson.version>
     <jdom.version>2.0.2</jdom.version>
-    <maven.version>3.2.5</maven.version>
+    <maven.version>3.8.7</maven.version>
     <!--
       ! This controls the minimum java version
       ! and also the version which is used