diff --git a/maven-osgi-exec-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-osgi-exec-plugin/pom.xml
index d261cd6..7d716b7 100644
--- a/maven-osgi-exec-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-osgi-exec-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
 
 	<properties>
-		<maven.version>3.5.0</maven.version>
+		<maven.version>3.8.1</maven.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<name>Maven OSGi Execution Plug-in</name>