diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f710151be..c560ac8c8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         <!-- Build time dependencies -->
         <javaparser.version>3.25.10</javaparser.version>
 
-        <cq-maven-plugin.version>4.7.1</cq-maven-plugin.version>
+        <cq-maven-plugin.version>4.8.0</cq-maven-plugin.version>
         <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.2.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <groovy-maven-plugin.version>2.1.1</groovy-maven-plugin.version>
         <groovy.version>3.0.21</groovy.version>