diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/codegen/pom.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/codegen/pom.mustache
index eca9e0dfa6f1..2548456f813a 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/codegen/pom.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/codegen/pom.mustache
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>add_sources</id>
diff --git a/samples/meta-codegen/lib/pom.xml b/samples/meta-codegen/lib/pom.xml
index 9135e396e585..dd8dcf14fea7 100644
--- a/samples/meta-codegen/lib/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/meta-codegen/lib/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>add_sources</id>