diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c45b92ec..3cc6af7c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
-      <version>3.9.7</version>
+      <version>3.9.9</version>
       <exclusions>
         <!-- Provided by commons-lang3-api plugin -->
         <exclusion>