diff --git a/canon-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/canon-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index a1df10c..9333b48 100644
--- a/canon-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/canon-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.3</version>
+        <version>3.8.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>