diff --git a/gbfs-validator-java/pom.xml b/gbfs-validator-java/pom.xml
index 4580a9d..fcb0ee5 100644
--- a/gbfs-validator-java/pom.xml
+++ b/gbfs-validator-java/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
 
         <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.13</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
-        <maven-exec-plugin.version>1.6.0</maven-exec-plugin.version>
+        <maven-exec-plugin.version>3.6.1</maven-exec-plugin.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.4</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.6.2</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-source-plugin.version>