diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d74333a..ec81fc1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@
     <!-- this property makes sure NetBeans 6.8+ picks up some formatting rules from checkstyle -->
     <netbeans.checkstyle.format>true</netbeans.checkstyle.format>
     <animal-sniffer-maven-plugin.version>1.23</animal-sniffer-maven-plugin.version>
+    <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.4.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
     <flatten-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</flatten-maven-plugin.version>
     <l10n-maven-plugin.version>1.0.0</l10n-maven-plugin.version>
     <license-maven-plugin.version>2.1.0</license-maven-plugin.version>
@@ -527,6 +528,11 @@
           <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${animal-sniffer-maven-plugin.version}</version>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${build-helper-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>