diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f53c35d9e..686c6677f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
           <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>