diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4a4094d..5ec71e1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-    <maven.version>3.9.5</maven.version>
+    <maven.version>3.9.6</maven.version>
     <!-- no upgrade until this issue fixed https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/issues/4018 -->
     <javaparser.version>3.25.6</javaparser.version>
   </properties>