diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 02f40245..b77b9ba3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     <skip.surefire.tests>${skipTests}</skip.surefire.tests>
     <skipITs>true</skipITs>
     <it.windows>false</it.windows>
-    <powershell.version>1.3</powershell.version>
+    <powershell.version>2.1</powershell.version>
     <google.http.version>1.42.2</google.http.version>
     <google.compute.api.version>1.25.0</google.compute.api.version>
     <com.google.oauth-client.version>1.34.1</com.google.oauth-client.version>