diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81c2a7dd57..a681d1e55a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
 						<!-- see https://docs.sonatype.org/display/Repository/How+To+Generate+PGP+Signatures+With+Maven -->
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.6</version>
+						<version>3.0.1</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>sign-artifacts</id>