diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 01cb229..16a9b5b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-shared-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.2.1</version>
+      <version>3.3.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- dependencies to annotations -->