diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 248f7a8602..efc91dce32 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
     <powermock.version>2.0.9</powermock.version>
     <net.openhft.version>0.26ea0</net.openhft.version>
-    <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.3.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
+    <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.5.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
 
     <!-- parquet-cli dependencies -->
     <opencsv.version>2.3</opencsv.version>