diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5e8785018..3dcc2d542 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.6</version>
+                    <version>3.0.1</version>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <id>sign-artifacts</id>