diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 14ade11e3b..51113e42d5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         <skip-sign-artifacts>true</skip-sign-artifacts>
         <coherence.hibernate.root>${basedir}</coherence.hibernate.root>
         <!-- plugin dependency versions (alphabetically) -->
-        <dependency-check-maven.version>10.0.4</dependency-check-maven.version>
+        <dependency-check-maven.version>12.1.0</dependency-check-maven.version>
         <doxia-module-markdown.version>1.0</doxia-module-markdown.version>
         <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.0.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <flatten-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</flatten-maven-plugin.version>