diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 760d15d9..bfd57982 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@
     <bnd-baseline-maven-plugin.version>7.2.3</bnd-baseline-maven-plugin.version>
     <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.6.1</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
     <cyclonedx-maven-plugin.version>2.9.1</cyclonedx-maven-plugin.version>
-    <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.4.1</exec-maven-plugin.version>
     <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.6.3</exec-maven-plugin.version>
     <flatten-maven-plugin.version>1.7.3</flatten-maven-plugin.version>
     <frontend-maven-plugin.version>2.0.0</frontend-maven-plugin.version>