diff --git a/activemq-log4j-appender/pom.xml b/activemq-log4j-appender/pom.xml
index 6a2956c115..ec051d6d2b 100644
--- a/activemq-log4j-appender/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-log4j-appender/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>log4j-plugin-processor</id>