diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 319ff7d..1c53b29 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Licensed under the terms of the Apache version 2.0 license. See LICENSE file for
             <!-- not actually necessary, but adding it here causes IntelliJ to import the sources for the maven classes -->
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.1</version>
+            <version>3.8.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>