diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index affd5fcd..b456eaaa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
 
-        <buildnumber-maven-plugin.version>1.4</buildnumber-maven-plugin.version>
+        <buildnumber-maven-plugin.version>3.1.0</buildnumber-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-assembly-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-assembly-plugin.version>
         <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-deploy-plugin.version>