diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1bea807..5773c3b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<description>Dependency free Java library to parse nmap xml output into POJO</description>
 	<properties>
 		<maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
-    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.12.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M4</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     <maven-release-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-release-plugin.version>
     <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.6.2</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>