diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e2c2950d..c030b29c4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
     <checkstyle.plugin>3.3.1</checkstyle.plugin>
     <clean.plugin>3.3.2</clean.plugin>
     <clirr.plugin>2.8</clirr.plugin>
-    <compiler.plugin>3.11.0</compiler.plugin>
+    <compiler.plugin>3.12.0</compiler.plugin>
     <coveralls.plugin>4.5.0-M2</coveralls.plugin>
     <dependency.plugin>3.6.1</dependency.plugin>
     <deploy.plugin>3.1.1</deploy.plugin>