diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 34f07ef632..ad030132c1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.5</version>
+                <version>1.6</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>sign-artifacts</id>