diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d0273cd0e7..58cc5a0036 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     <javacc-maven-plugin-version>2.6</javacc-maven-plugin-version>
     <cobertura-maven-plugin-version>2.5.2</cobertura-maven-plugin-version>
     <taglist-maven-plugin-version>2.4</taglist-maven-plugin-version>
-    <build-helper-maven-plugin-version>1.8</build-helper-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>
     <ianal-maven-plugin-version>1.0-alpha-1</ianal-maven-plugin-version>
     <depends-maven-plugin-version>1.4.0</depends-maven-plugin-version>