diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 644119ece..fab9fd2fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
         <jars.target.dir>${project.build.directory}/scala-${scala.binary.version}/jars</jars.target.dir>
 
         <maven.plugin.build.helper.version>3.3.0</maven.plugin.build.helper.version>
-        <maven.plugin.download.version>1.6.6</maven.plugin.download.version>
+        <maven.plugin.download.version>1.6.8</maven.plugin.download.version>
         <maven.plugin.enforcer.mojo.rules.version>1.6.1</maven.plugin.enforcer.mojo.rules.version>
         <maven.plugin.scala.version>4.8.0</maven.plugin.scala.version>
         <maven.plugin.surefire.version>3.0.0-M8</maven.plugin.surefire.version>