diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40c8224fa..33acb6a3b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.4</version>
+                        <version>1.6</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>