diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 371b44c..54b4e88 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.0</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <mainClass>com.hsbc.engineering.JDBCInquirer</mainClass>
         </configuration>