diff --git a/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml b/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml
index b0f6ef46cc1..3c8b0eab25d 100644
--- a/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <name>Apache Hadoop Maven Plugins</name>
   <properties>
     <maven.dependency.version>3.0.5</maven.dependency.version>
-    <maven.plugin-tools.version>3.5.1</maven.plugin-tools.version>
+    <maven.plugin-tools.version>3.6.0</maven.plugin-tools.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>