diff --git a/rxjava-apikit/rxjava-apikit-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/rxjava-apikit/rxjava-apikit-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index eefbd145..a3001fda 100644
--- a/rxjava-apikit/rxjava-apikit-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/rxjava-apikit/rxjava-apikit-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.4</version>
+            <version>3.8.1</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>