diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fb0101a1..53503ca2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <version.maven>3.9.15</version.maven>
+        <version.maven>3.9.16</version.maven>
 
         <!-- Plugin versions, please keep in alphabetical order -->
         <version.buildnumber.plugin>3.3.0</version.buildnumber.plugin>