diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml
index 9985faf430f4..3599c0459092 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
           <plugin>
               <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
               <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-              <version>3.4.1</version>
+              <version>3.5.0</version>
               <executions>
                   <execution>
                       <id>native</id>