diff --git a/hobbit-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/hobbit-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 1afba2b2d6..95b7e031eb 100644
--- a/hobbit-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/hobbit-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.2</version>
+            <version>3.6.3</version>
           </dependency>        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>