diff --git a/remote/java/pom.xml b/remote/java/pom.xml
index efd8b9969f..974a3ccbed 100644
--- a/remote/java/pom.xml
+++ b/remote/java/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
       <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.0</version>
+      <version>3.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>