diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index a3f13b5..f6fbc98 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
       <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2.0</version>
+          <version>3.6.1</version>
           <executions>
               <execution>
                   <phase>generate-sources</phase>