diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 23f560283c..c0c742c7a5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.0</version>
+            <version>1.4.0</version>
             <configuration>
               <updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
             </configuration>