diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ccdc75fc980..d40f41b3d2a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
         <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
         <!-- Note that Maven will use classes from the distro, ignoring declared dependencies for Maven core... -->
-        <maven.api.version>3.3.9</maven.api.version>
+        <maven.api.version>3.6.0</maven.api.version>
         <reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>2.17</reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <reporting.cobertura-plugin.version>2.7</reporting.cobertura-plugin.version>
         <reporting.pmd-plugin.version>3.6</reporting.pmd-plugin.version>