diff --git a/tools/jersey-doc-modulelist-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tools/jersey-doc-modulelist-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index b316d42e0c..53df1f1f5d 100644
--- a/tools/jersey-doc-modulelist-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/jersey-doc-modulelist-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <maven.version>3.6.3</maven.version>
+        <maven.version>3.8.1</maven.version>
         <maven.shared.version>3.0.1</maven.shared.version>
     </properties>
 </project>