diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 56692fca5..78a861069 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4.1</version><!-- upgrade to 3.6.0+ when target JDK is 7 -->
+        <version>3.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>