diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-gpu/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-gpu/pom.xml
index 3be60b696..e8412ecb3 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-gpu/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-gpu/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <version>1.6.0</version>
+                <version>3.1.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>native</id>