diff --git a/itf-documentation/src/main/asciidoc/release-notes/_release-notes-0.14.0.adoc b/itf-documentation/src/main/asciidoc/release-notes/_release-notes-0.14.0.adoc
index 02efa0362..e735f2909 100644
--- a/itf-documentation/src/main/asciidoc/release-notes/_release-notes-0.14.0.adoc
+++ b/itf-documentation/src/main/asciidoc/release-notes/_release-notes-0.14.0.adoc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 :issue-453: https://github.com/khmarbaise/maven-it-extension/issues/453[Fixed #453]
 :issue-455: https://github.com/khmarbaise/maven-it-extension/issues/455[Fixed #455]
 :issue-456: https://github.com/khmarbaise/maven-it-extension/issues/456[Fixed #456]
+:issue-440: https://github.com/khmarbaise/maven-it-extension/issues/440[Fixed #440]
 :issue-458: https://github.com/khmarbaise/maven-it-extension/issues/458[Fixed #458]
 :issue-463: https://github.com/khmarbaise/maven-it-extension/issues/463[Fixed #463]
 :issue-464: https://github.com/khmarbaise/maven-it-extension/issues/464[Fixed #464]
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
  * {issue-420} - Upgrade assertj-bom to 3.25.0
  * {issue-451} - Upgrade assertj-bom to 3.25.1
  * {issue-453} - Upgrade memoryfilesystem to 2.8.0
+ * {issue-440} - Upgrade ITF Framework Maven Version minimum to 3.8.1
  * {issue-463} - Upgrade smpp to 6.0.6
  * {issue-???} - ?
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 382cef103..bc6667174 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.5</version>
+        <version>3.8.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>