diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 46a687fdbf..98ed7d355f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
   id 'net.ltgt.errorprone' version '2.0.2' apply false
   id 'net.researchgate.release' version '2.8.1' apply false
   id 'com.gradle.plugin-publish' version '0.18.0' apply false
-  id 'io.freefair.maven-plugin' version '5.3.3.3' apply false
+  id 'io.freefair.maven-plugin' version '6.6.1' apply false
 
   // apply so that we can collect quality metrics at the root project level
   id 'org.sonarqube' version '3.3'