diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 26366ffd8cf..faca5113a44 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1519,8 +1519,7 @@
     <argLine>${hbase-surefire.argLine}</argLine>
     <jacoco.version>0.7.5.201505241946</jacoco.version>
     <extra.enforcer.version>1.0-beta-6</extra.enforcer.version>
-    <!--See HBASE-17351; we need to set version to 1.4. 1.4.1 fails with MENFORCER-248-->
-    <enforcer.version>1.4</enforcer.version>
+    <enforcer.version>3.0.0-M1</enforcer.version>
     <!-- Location of test resources -->
     <test.build.classes>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</test.build.classes>
     <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'</maven.build.timestamp.format>