diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1ca26e38..04253816 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
           <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.6.0</version>
+          <version>2.8.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <licenseText>Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file