diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/pom.xml
index 4713cc4529..4e3193ce9d 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-verifier</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
+      <version>1.5</version>
 <!-- TODO: not transitive in tests artifact, so must be left in main scope
       <scope>test</scope>
 -->