diff --git a/blueprint-maven-plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/blueprint-maven-plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index af30cbca09..1c89b1c4ef 100644
--- a/blueprint-maven-plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/blueprint-maven-plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <javax.persistence-api.version>2.2</javax.persistence-api.version>
         <javax.transaction-api.version>1.2</javax.transaction-api.version>
         <javax.transaction.cdi-api.version>1.2-b03</javax.transaction.cdi-api.version>
-        <maven-plugin-plugin.version>3.15.2</maven-plugin-plugin.version>
+        <maven-plugin-plugin.version>3.16.0</maven-plugin-plugin.version>
         <maven.version>3.9.16</maven.version>
         <org.apache.aries.blueprint.api.version>1.0.1</org.apache.aries.blueprint.api.version>
         <org.apache.aries.blueprint.cm.version>1.3.2</org.apache.aries.blueprint.cm.version>
diff --git a/versioning/versioning-plugin/pom.xml b/versioning/versioning-plugin/pom.xml
index a5bdcc4430..3ca050edf8 100644
--- a/versioning/versioning-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/versioning/versioning-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <maven-artifact-resolver.version>1.0</maven-artifact-resolver.version>
         <maven-common-artifact-filters.version>3.4.0</maven-common-artifact-filters.version>
         <maven.version>3.9.16</maven.version>
-        <maven-plugin-plugin.version>3.15.2</maven-plugin-plugin.version>
+        <maven-plugin-plugin.version>3.16.0</maven-plugin-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.aries.versioning.checker.version>0.4.0</org.apache.aries.versioning.checker.version>
     </properties>