diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 263ba55aa..f6d4aba43 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <version.maven.surefire>3.3.1</version.maven.surefire>
     <version.maven.asciidoctor>3.0.0</version.maven.asciidoctor>
     <version.maven.clean>3.2.0</version.maven.clean>
-    <version.maven.dependency>3.6.1</version.maven.dependency>
+    <version.maven.dependency>3.7.1</version.maven.dependency>
     <version.maven.sonar>3.11.0.3922</version.maven.sonar>
 
     <!-- release dependencies -->