diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 9cae9018cb..690a737590 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 		<maven-filtering.version>3.1.1</maven-filtering.version>
 		<maven-scm-publish-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-scm-publish-plugin.version>
 		<maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>
-		<maven-plugin-annotations.version>3.6.4</maven-plugin-annotations.version>
+		<maven-plugin-annotations.version>3.9.0</maven-plugin-annotations.version>
 		<maven-archiver.version>3.5.1</maven-archiver.version>
 		<plexus-archiver.version>4.8.0</plexus-archiver.version>
 		<coveralls-maven-plugin.version>4.3.0</coveralls-maven-plugin.version>