diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1bc1bce..b077043 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-verifier</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.7.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>