diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index f3730f8f..2bf38108 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ jobs:
     name: Verify
     uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v3
     with:
-      ff-maven: "3.9.4"                              # Maven version for fail-fast-build
-      maven-matrix: '[ "3.2.5", "3.8.8", "3.9.4" ]'  # Maven versions matrix for verify builds
+      ff-maven: "3.9.5"                              # Maven version for fail-fast-build
+      maven-matrix: '[ "3.6.3", "3.8.8", "3.9.5" ]'  # Maven versions matrix for verify builds
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4fff925..ed8a2de3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
   </dependencies>
 
   <properties>
-    <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.6.3</mavenVersion>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2022-07-15T02:43:45Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>