diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml
index 7fb59a7aa..64a9029c0 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
           <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>