diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index ec8a540df..9aab001db 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
 
         <!-- Plugin Versions -->
-        <maven.compiler.version>3.11.0</maven.compiler.version>
+        <maven.compiler.version>3.12.0</maven.compiler.version>
         <maven.dependency.version>3.6.1</maven.dependency.version>
         <maven.checkstyle.version>3.3.1</maven.checkstyle.version>
         <spotbugs.version>4.8.3</spotbugs.version>