diff --git a/kogito-build/kogito-build-no-bom-parent/pom.xml b/kogito-build/kogito-build-no-bom-parent/pom.xml
index 72c414d8899..734f9a1f0cd 100644
--- a/kogito-build/kogito-build-no-bom-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/kogito-build/kogito-build-no-bom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -673,14 +673,14 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.commonjava.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>directory-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.1</version>
+          <version>1.0</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>directories</id>
               <goals>
                 <goal>highest-basedir</goal>
                </goals>
-              <phase>initialize</phase>
+              <phase>validate</phase>
               <configuration>
                 <property>project.root.dir</property>
                </configuration>