diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c460186958b..f576f20e786 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>xml-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.0.2</version>
+                    <version>1.1.0</version>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <id>validate-xml-files</id>