diff --git a/org.eclipse.transformer.parent/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.transformer.parent/pom.xml
index 8f6e1b05..afcfad3a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.transformer.parent/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.transformer.parent/pom.xml
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: ${project.licenses[0].name}
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
-				<version>3.8.5</version>
+				<version>3.9.8</version>
 				<scope>test</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>