diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 50d046ea78..fb4ea2b6a0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 		</developer>
 	</developers>
 	<prerequisites>
-		<maven>3.0.0</maven>
+		<maven>3.2.1</maven>
 	</prerequisites>
 	<properties>
 		<main.basedir>${basedir}</main.basedir>
diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 70d1c7c206..ad229b71b3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 		<wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
 	</properties>
 	<prerequisites>
-		<maven>3.0.2</maven>
+		<maven>3.2.1</maven>
 	</prerequisites>
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml b/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml
index cd442f82cb..2d17eb0786 100755
--- a/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 		<maven.version>3.1.1</maven.version>
 	</properties>
-	<prerequisites>
-		<maven>3.0.2</maven>
-	</prerequisites>
 	<scm>
 		<url>http://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot.git</connection>