diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
index 6ba930609d..c30ad4a058 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3</version>
+                <version>3.5</version>
                 <configuration>
 
                     <!-- see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5346 -->