diff --git a/maven-osgi-targetplatform-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-osgi-targetplatform-plugin/pom.xml
index dc9ec96..64dafd5 100644
--- a/maven-osgi-targetplatform-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-osgi-targetplatform-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	<description>Maven Plug-in to provide target platform libraries.</description>
 
 	<properties>
-		<maven.version>3.5.0</maven.version>
+		<maven.version>3.8.1</maven.version>
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 		<pde.core.version>3.11.1</pde.core.version>