diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 086f1de..79d5e4b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0</version>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>