diff --git a/bom-internal/pom.xml b/bom-internal/pom.xml
index 226b4d0d5c3..2231791c770 100644
--- a/bom-internal/pom.xml
+++ b/bom-internal/pom.xml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.9.16</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>