diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af30084..102c6fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-    <maven.version>3.6.3</maven.version>
+    <maven.version>3.8.1</maven.version>
     <project.github.repository>manikmagar/git-versioner-maven-plugin</project.github.repository>
     <nexus.url>https://oss.sonatype.org</nexus.url>
     <repository.url>git@github.com:${project.github.repository}.git</repository.url>