diff --git a/spoon-pom/pom.xml b/spoon-pom/pom.xml
index 67ed2910265..608d5a74bdb 100644
--- a/spoon-pom/pom.xml
+++ b/spoon-pom/pom.xml
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.5</version>
+                        <version>1.6</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>