diff --git a/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 25eeb708..802e3599 100644
--- a/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.2</version>
+        <version>3.6.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5346 -->
           <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>