diff --git a/spoon-visualisation/pom.xml b/spoon-visualisation/pom.xml
index 23d3c610dd1..4a5c34a3203 100644
--- a/spoon-visualisation/pom.xml
+++ b/spoon-visualisation/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.0</version>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>main module</id>