diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1d470009a5..36ef1fee8f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     <build-helper-maven-plugin-version>1.8</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>1.2</depends-maven-plugin-version>
+    <depends-maven-plugin-version>1.4.0</depends-maven-plugin-version>
     <maven-dependency-plugin-version>2.8</maven-dependency-plugin-version>
     <maven-project-info-reports-plugin-version>2.7</maven-project-info-reports-plugin-version>
     <maven-graph-plugin-version>1.30</maven-graph-plugin-version>