diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ba5dd3..9c15cfb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-		<maven.version>3.3.9</maven.version>
+		<maven.version>3.8.1</maven.version>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 		<jgitflow.maven.plugin>1.0-m5.1</jgitflow.maven.plugin>
 		<sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml</sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>