diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ab2fe0..5cc7e6d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
-    <mavenVersion>2.2.1</mavenVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.0</mavenVersion>
     <maven.site.path>doxia-archives/doxia-LATEST</maven.site.path>
     <surefire.version>2.21.0</surefire.version>
     <checkstyle.violation.ignore>RedundantThrows,NewlineAtEndOfFile,ParameterNumber,MethodLength,FileLength,MethodName,InnerAssignment,MagicNumber</checkstyle.violation.ignore>