diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e11027422b4..18ef41b2879 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.0</version>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>benchmark</id>