diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a06dce..66c833d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.1</version>
+                <version>1.4</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>buildnumbers</id>