diff --git a/maven_plugin/pom.xml b/maven_plugin/pom.xml
index af4462649..672dfe5c7 100644
--- a/maven_plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven_plugin/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.10.2</version>
+        <version>3.15.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5346 -->
           <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>