diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
index c9dd6e41..f00a4602 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2</version>
+          <version>3.8.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <source>1.8</source>
             <target>1.8</target>
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index c94768fe..b8a6a6e8 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2</version>
+          <version>3.8.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <source>1.8</source>
             <target>1.8</target>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 479c476b..1d9fe5d8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.8.0</version>
+          <version>3.8.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <source>1.8</source>
             <target>1.8</target>