diff --git a/jvm-packages/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
index 9e2ce2a6c..37c7e3008 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.5</version>
+                        <version>3.0.1</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>