diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a711f287a53f..48c0f63551a11 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
-    <maven.version>3.3.9</maven.version>
+    <maven.version>3.5.4</maven.version>
     <sbt.project.name>spark</sbt.project.name>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.16</slf4j.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>