diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77463d024..e540e9118 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
     <maven-surefire-plugin-version>3.0.0-M5</maven-surefire-plugin-version>
     <maven-surefire-report-plugin-version>${maven-surefire-plugin-version}</maven-surefire-report-plugin-version>
     <maven-compiler-plugin-version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin-version>
-    <plexus-compiler-version>2.9.0</plexus-compiler-version>
+    <plexus-compiler-version>2.12.1</plexus-compiler-version>
     <hamcrest-version>2.2</hamcrest-version>
     <assertj-version>3.20.2</assertj-version>