diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3be70b9b..542f8ffa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ under the License.
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-        <maven.version>3.6.3</maven.version>
+        <maven.version>3.9.6</maven.version>
         <maven-plugin-plugin.version>3.10.2</maven-plugin-plugin.version>
 
         <scalac-scoverage-plugin.version>2.0.11</scalac-scoverage-plugin.version>