diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ae9fc25..e1f326b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <!-- 3.8.2 fails with some class not found error -->
     <!-- 3.8.3 fails because MavenProject.getAttachedArtifacts() returns an IMMUTABLE collection and we want to change it! -->
-    <maven.dependency.version>3.8.7</maven.dependency.version>
+    <maven.dependency.version>3.9.0</maven.dependency.version>
     <commons.componentid>release-plugin</commons.componentid>
     <commons.dist.subdir>commons-release-plugin</commons.dist.subdir>
     <commons.jira.id>COMMONSSITE</commons.jira.id>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index c4c9b9f..690502b 100755
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
       <action type="update" dev="kinow" due-to="Dependabot">Bump jacoco-maven-plugin from 0.8.7 to 0.8.8 #112.</action>
       <action type="update" dev="kinow" due-to="Dependabot">Bump plexus-velocity from 1.3 to 2.0 #116.</action>
       <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump maven-scm.version from 1.12.2 to 1.13.0 #117.</action>
-      <action type="update" dev="kinow" due-to="Dependabot">Bump maven.dependency.version from 3.8.5 to 3.8.7 #120, #161.</action>
+      <action type="update" dev="kinow" due-to="Dependabot">Bump maven.dependency.version from 3.8.5 to 3.9.0 #120, #161, #172.</action>
       <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump maven-pmd-plugin from 3.16.0 to 3.19.0 #119, #129, #135.</action>
       <action type="update" dev="kinow" due-to="Dependabot">Bump junit-vintage-engine from 5.8.2 to 5.9.1 #125, #136.</action>
       <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.5.3.0 to 4.7.3.0 #106, #115, #122, #124, #133, #142, #150.</action>