diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 466fac6a..ae018e5f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     <picocli.version>4.7.7</picocli.version>
     <velocity.version>1.7</velocity.version>
 
-    <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.5.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
+    <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.6.1</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
     <checkstyle.version>14.0.0</checkstyle.version>
     <error-prone.version>2.50.0</error-prone.version>
     <flatten-maven-plugin.version>1.8.0</flatten-maven-plugin.version>