diff --git a/spoon-pom/pom.xml b/spoon-pom/pom.xml
index 6339169a631..67ed2910265 100644
--- a/spoon-pom/pom.xml
+++ b/spoon-pom/pom.xml
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
                     <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <header>LICENSE-short.txt</header>
                         <includes>