diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d32d67..3bfd232 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.0.0</version>
+                        <version>2.4.0</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <verbose>true</verbose>
                             <addSvnKeyWords>false</addSvnKeyWords>