diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3d90a8b7bf..7ec5cb9c31 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
   id 'net.ltgt.errorprone' version '1.2.1' apply false
   id 'net.researchgate.release' version '2.8.1' apply false
   id 'com.gradle.plugin-publish' version '0.12.0' apply false
-  id 'io.freefair.maven-plugin' version '5.1.0' apply false
+  id 'io.freefair.maven-plugin' version '6.6.2' apply false
 
   // apply so we can correctly configure the test runner to be gradle at the project level
   id 'org.jetbrains.gradle.plugin.idea-ext' version '0.7'