diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 22dab666c..7bf8f36ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <version.maven.resources>3.3.1</version.maven.resources>
     <version.maven.surefire>3.3.1</version.maven.surefire>
     <version.maven.clean>3.2.0</version.maven.clean>
-    <version.maven.dependency>3.7.1</version.maven.dependency>
+    <version.maven.dependency>3.8.1</version.maven.dependency>
     <version.maven.sonar>4.0.0.4121</version.maven.sonar>
 
     <!-- release dependencies -->