diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
index ecd57eb0..a8c56317 100644
--- a/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.1</version>
+            <version>3.6.0</version>
             <configuration>
               <projectsDirectory>src/it</projectsDirectory>
               <cloneProjectsTo>${project.build.directory}/it</cloneProjectsTo>