diff --git a/springdoc-openapi-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/springdoc-openapi-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index d52e13d0f..25bb4b4c1 100644
--- a/springdoc-openapi-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/springdoc-openapi-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
 			<artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.9.6</version>
+			<version>3.9.16</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>