diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6228d1bf3..1f02c24f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
                 <!-- see http://davidb.github.com/scala-maven-plugin -->
                 <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>4.5.3</version>
+                <version>4.7.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <?m2e execute onConfiguration?>