diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d534ad..9283b54 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     </licenses>
 
     <properties>
-        <version.org.apache.maven.maven-core>3.9.6</version.org.apache.maven.maven-core>
+        <version.org.apache.maven.maven-core>3.9.9</version.org.apache.maven.maven-core>
 	<version.org.apache.maven.plugin-testing.maven-plugin-testing-harness>3.3.0</version.org.apache.maven.plugin-testing.maven-plugin-testing-harness>
         <version.org.apache.maven.plugin-tools>3.11.0</version.org.apache.maven.plugin-tools>
         <version.org.wildfly.checkstyle-config>1.0.8.Final</version.org.wildfly.checkstyle-config>