diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 31766ae..a477f98 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <mavenVersion>3.8.1</mavenVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.9.9</mavenVersion>
     <!-- plugin versions -->
     <maven-clean-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-clean-plugin.version>
     <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.13.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>