diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9016274..497e2a4d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.8</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.6.1</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
+        <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.8.1</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
         <maven.javadoc.plugin.version>3.0.0</maven.javadoc.plugin.version>
         <maven.source.plugin.version>3.0.1</maven.source.plugin.version>
         <maven.jar.plugin.version>3.0.2</maven.jar.plugin.version>