diff --git a/querydsl-tooling/querydsl-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/querydsl-tooling/querydsl-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index cfa8574200..bc0ed77087 100644
--- a/querydsl-tooling/querydsl-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-tooling/querydsl-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <description>Querydsl Maven plugin</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <maven-plugin.version>3.15.2</maven-plugin.version>
+    <maven-plugin.version>3.16.0</maven-plugin.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>