diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b57664c6e..157a67733 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.1</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <mainClass>com.oltpbenchmark.DBWorkload</mainClass>
                 </configuration>