diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 274b8d28..737408f6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.6.1</version>
                         <inherited>false</inherited>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>