diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 781f2493b2..8388b9248e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <wagonVersion>2.3-SNAPSHOT</wagonVersion>
     <securityDispatcherVersion>1.3</securityDispatcherVersion>
     <cipherVersion>1.7</cipherVersion>
-    <modelloVersion>1.4.1</modelloVersion>
+    <modelloVersion>1.6</modelloVersion>
     <jxpathVersion>1.3</jxpathVersion>
     <aetherVersion>1.13.1</aetherVersion>
     <slf4jVersion>1.7.2</slf4jVersion>