diff --git a/spoon-pom/pom.xml b/spoon-pom/pom.xml
index cce0461e7b9..2cd370edee9 100644
--- a/spoon-pom/pom.xml
+++ b/spoon-pom/pom.xml
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                         <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.8.2</version>
+                        <version>0.8.5</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <excludes>
                                 <!-- we exclude the GUI class, because we don't want Swing GUI tests in Travis -->