diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f80284c473f..d83b89ca1b6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@
                 Note the version of ECJ is overridden because the one bundled with the latest plexus-compiler version
                 is outdated and leads to compilation errors.
          -->
-        <version.org.codehaus.plexus.plexus-compiler.compiler-eclipse>2.11.1</version.org.codehaus.plexus.plexus-compiler.compiler-eclipse>
+        <version.org.codehaus.plexus.plexus-compiler.compiler-eclipse>2.12.0</version.org.codehaus.plexus.plexus-compiler.compiler-eclipse>
         <version.org.eclipse.jdt.ecj>3.29.0</version.org.eclipse.jdt.ecj>
 
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