diff --git a/html4j-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/html4j-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index ab9a1fb4..96f0bd59 100644
--- a/html4j-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/html4j-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.2</version>
+          <version>3.8.1</version>
           <type>jar</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>