diff --git a/html4j-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/html4j-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index ab9a1fb4..c33e6f2b 100644
--- a/html4j-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/html4j-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.gradle</groupId>
           <artifactId>gradle-core</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0</version>
+          <version>6.0</version>
           <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>