diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 96968aa6ec..e7f676548a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.8.1</version>
+                    <version>3.10.1</version>
 
                     <configuration>
                         <!-- When compilers say false, they mean true ...