diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 47fcaa5..aa454ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <netbeans.hint.license>apache20</netbeans.hint.license>
-        <maven.required.version>3.0.4</maven.required.version>
+        <maven.required.version>3.5.0</maven.required.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <sonar.working.directory>${project.build.directory}/sonar</sonar.working.directory>