diff --git a/benchmarks/pom.xml b/benchmarks/pom.xml
index 61a0fe6f1f..8de838926b 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.1</version>
+        <version>3.6.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <mainClass>com.google.cloud.spanner.benchmark.LatencyBenchmark</mainClass>
           <cleanupDaemonThreads>false</cleanupDaemonThreads>