diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42117d3..05a9140 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <mavenVersion>2.0</mavenVersion>
+        <mavenVersion>3.8.1</mavenVersion>
         <version.jdk>1.6</version.jdk>
         <neo4j.version>1.8</neo4j.version>
     </properties>