diff --git a/license-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/license-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 7c1943c9b..29a4ca694 100644
--- a/license-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/license-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-verifier</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.2</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
           <exclusion>