diff --git a/tsmodelsgen-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tsmodelsgen-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index f16e16e16..ecc08727c 100644
--- a/tsmodelsgen-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tsmodelsgen-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-                 <version>3.6.0</version>
+                 <version>3.8.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <goalPrefix>windup-tsmodelsgen</goalPrefix>
                     <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>