diff --git a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
index 841b987ce091..2734a45e08e4 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
           <finalName>hbase-${project.version}</finalName>
           <skipAssembly>false</skipAssembly>
           <appendAssemblyId>true</appendAssemblyId>
-          <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
+          <tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode>
           <descriptors>
             <descriptor>${assembly.file}</descriptor>
           </descriptors>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5570a9d5b0f8..e79087cac817 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@
     <kerby.version>1.0.1</kerby.version>
     <!-- Plugin Dependencies -->
     <error-prone.version>2.1.1</error-prone.version>
-    <maven.assembly.version>2.4</maven.assembly.version>
+    <maven.assembly.version>2.5</maven.assembly.version>
     <maven.antrun.version>1.6</maven.antrun.version>
     <maven.compiler.version>3.6.1</maven.compiler.version>
     <jamon.plugin.version>2.4.1</jamon.plugin.version>