diff --git a/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml b/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml
index d0cdb3bfe..1cafcd3d5 100644
--- a/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>Apache Hadoop Maven Plugins</name>
   <properties>
-    <maven.dependency.version>3.0</maven.dependency.version>
+    <maven.dependency.version>3.8.1</maven.dependency.version>
     <maven.plugin-tools.version>3.4</maven.plugin-tools.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>