diff --git a/BUILDING.txt b/BUILDING.txt
index 4d18f698b95..78c611fb7d6 100644
--- a/BUILDING.txt
+++ b/BUILDING.txt
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Maven build goals:
  * Run checkstyle            : mvn compile checkstyle:checkstyle
  * Install JAR in M2 cache   : mvn install
  * Deploy JAR to Maven repo  : mvn deploy
- * Run clover                : mvn test -Pclover [-DcloverLicenseLocation=${user.name}/.clover.license]
+ * Run clover                : mvn test -Pclover
  * Run Rat                   : mvn apache-rat:check
  * Build javadocs            : mvn javadoc:javadoc
  * Build distribution        : mvn package [-Pdist][-Pdocs][-Psrc][-Pnative][-Dtar][-Preleasedocs][-Pyarn-ui]
diff --git a/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml b/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml
index 116565d780a..a5473258c35 100644
--- a/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@
       classes during plugin execution when running a build with Clover enabled.
       -->
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openclover</groupId>
+        <artifactId>clover-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40b94202bdf..7ec3ade62ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/x
     <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-resources-plugin.version>
     <apache-rat-plugin.version>0.12</apache-rat-plugin.version>
     <wagon-ssh.version>2.4</wagon-ssh.version>
-    <maven-clover2-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-clover2-plugin.version>
+    <clover-maven-plugin.version>4.4.1</clover-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-bundle-plugin.version>2.5.0</maven-bundle-plugin.version>
     <lifecycle-mapping.version>1.0.0</lifecycle-mapping.version>
     <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
@@ -350,9 +350,9 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/x
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
-          <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven-clover2-plugin.version}</version>
+          <groupId>org.openclover</groupId>
+          <artifactId>clover-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${clover-maven-plugin.version}</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
@@ -679,7 +679,6 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/x
         </property>
       </activation>
       <properties>
-        <cloverLicenseLocation>${user.home}/.clover.license</cloverLicenseLocation>
         <cloverDatabase>${project.build.directory}/clover/hadoop-coverage.db</cloverDatabase>
         <!-- NB: This additional parametrization is made in order
              to be able to re-define these properties with "-Dk=v" maven options.
@@ -697,12 +696,11 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/x
       <build>
         <plugins>
           <plugin>
-            <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.openclover</groupId>
+            <artifactId>clover-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             <configuration>
               <includesAllSourceRoots>false</includesAllSourceRoots>
               <includesTestSourceRoots>true</includesTestSourceRoots>
-              <licenseLocation>${cloverLicenseLocation}</licenseLocation>
               <cloverDatabase>${cloverDatabase}</cloverDatabase>
               <targetPercentage>50%</targetPercentage>
               <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/clover</outputDirectory>