diff --git a/pom-updater/src/test/resources/pom.xml b/pom-updater/src/test/resources/pom.xml
index 9bb97ef..4bd722d 100644
--- a/pom-updater/src/test/resources/pom.xml
+++ b/pom-updater/src/test/resources/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.0</version>
+            <version>3.8.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>