diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4df9e1e6..333da6e87 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.6</version>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <id>sign-artifacts</id>