diff --git a/tooling/utils/pom.xml b/tooling/utils/pom.xml
index 8029b341236..b8d8edc1eca 100644
--- a/tooling/utils/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/utils/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
                 <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.0</version>
+                <version>2.8.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>generate-sources</phase>