diff --git a/dev/appveyor-install-dependencies.ps1 b/dev/appveyor-install-dependencies.ps1
index cc68ffb90d875..7c7bdd623477a 100644
--- a/dev/appveyor-install-dependencies.ps1
+++ b/dev/appveyor-install-dependencies.ps1
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if (!(Test-Path $tools)) {
 # ========================== Maven
 Push-Location $tools
 
-$mavenVer = "3.5.4"
+$mavenVer = "3.6.0"
 Start-FileDownload "https://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/$mavenVer/binaries/apache-maven-$mavenVer-bin.zip" "maven.zip"
 
 # extract
diff --git a/docs/building-spark.md b/docs/building-spark.md
index dfcd53c48e85c..55695f35931c6 100644
--- a/docs/building-spark.md
+++ b/docs/building-spark.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ redirect_from: "building-with-maven.html"
 ## Apache Maven
 
 The Maven-based build is the build of reference for Apache Spark.
-Building Spark using Maven requires Maven 3.5.4 and Java 8.
+Building Spark using Maven requires Maven 3.6.0 and Java 8.
 Note that support for Java 7 was removed as of Spark 2.2.0.
 
 ### Setting up Maven's Memory Usage
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 93075e9b06a68..c543bff738baa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
-    <maven.version>3.5.4</maven.version>
+    <maven.version>3.6.0</maven.version>
     <sbt.project.name>spark</sbt.project.name>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.16</slf4j.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>