diff --git a/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index c450a284ba4..9df46a782f9 100644
--- a/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-archiver</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.2</version>
+            <version>3.6.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>