diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0877ddf5da..542015d6fc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <maven-shade-plugin-version>3.3.0</maven-shade-plugin-version>
     <findbugs-maven-plugin-version>3.0.5</findbugs-maven-plugin-version>
     <javacc-maven-plugin-version>2.6</javacc-maven-plugin-version>
-    <cobertura-maven-plugin-version>2.5.2</cobertura-maven-plugin-version>
+    <cobertura-maven-plugin-version>2.7</cobertura-maven-plugin-version>
     <taglist-maven-plugin-version>3.0.0</taglist-maven-plugin-version>
     <build-helper-maven-plugin-version>3.3.0</build-helper-maven-plugin-version>
     <apache-rat-plugin-version>0.13</apache-rat-plugin-version>