diff --git a/apache-whisker-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/apache-whisker-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 594b1dd4..9ba16c72 100644
--- a/apache-whisker-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-whisker-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-      <version>3.9.1</version>
+      <version>3.9.6</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>