diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bc482dc41e..0334839d09 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.15.0</version>
+        <version>3.16.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <release>21</release> <!-- CI variable `JAVA_VERSION` must match this; see also dependabot configuration -->
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>