diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a81a4c69..8de8c635 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
       <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>