diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4e84c42..ef8fb6e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <java.version>1.7</java.version>
         <quasar.version>0.7.9</quasar.version>
-        <maven-api.version>3.3.3</maven-api.version>
+        <maven-api.version>3.8.1</maven-api.version>
         <maven-annotations.version>3.3</maven-annotations.version>
         <plugin.maven-compiler.version>3.3</plugin.maven-compiler.version>
         <plugin.maven-plugin.version>3.4</plugin.maven-plugin.version>