diff --git a/kafka-rest/pom.xml b/kafka-rest/pom.xml
index 6a60a39fc..9ea9f41ff 100644
--- a/kafka-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-rest/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
+                <version>3.4.2</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>none</phase>