diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a268dad6c7d..c1267f6fef0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
         <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.2.13</logback.version>
 
-        <maven.api.version>3.6.3</maven.api.version>
+        <maven.api.version>3.9.10</maven.api.version>
         <reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <reporting.checkstyle.tool.version>9.3</reporting.checkstyle.tool.version>
         <doxia-base.version>2.0.0</doxia-base.version>