diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a72dd63a835..222b802f265 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.0.0</version>
+          <version>2.1.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>