diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6fece3a..694523f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         </site>
     </distributionManagement>
     <properties>
-        <maven.version>3.0.5</maven.version>
+        <maven.version>3.3.9</maven.version>
         <sisu.version>2.3.4</sisu.version>
         <aether.version>1.13.1</aether.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/src/aws-it/aether-test/pom.xml b/src/aws-it/aether-test/pom.xml
index c644a63..85ea6e7 100644
--- a/src/aws-it/aether-test/pom.xml
+++ b/src/aws-it/aether-test/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <module>client</module>
     </modules>
     <properties>
-        <maven.version>3.0.5</maven.version>
+        <maven.version>3.9.16</maven.version>
     </properties>
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>