diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 50f16525aa0..355eba7d773 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-      <version>38</version>
+      <version>39</version>
    </parent>
 
    <modules>
@@ -130,10 +130,6 @@
       <pem-keystore.version>3.0.0</pem-keystore.version>
       <nimbus.jwt.version>10.9.1</nimbus.jwt.version>
 
-      <!-- Overrides the parent pom property, downgrades dependency plugin
-           https://github.com/apache/maven-dependency-plugin/issues/1588 -->
-      <version.maven-dependency-plugin>3.8.1</version.maven-dependency-plugin>
-
       <!-- docs -->
       <asciidoctor.maven.plugin.version>3.2.0</asciidoctor.maven.plugin.version>
       <asciidoctorj.pdf.version>2.3.23</asciidoctorj.pdf.version>