diff --git a/release-note-generation/pom.xml b/release-note-generation/pom.xml
index 56d7c9cc5ea..0c0bbb8a8c7 100644
--- a/release-note-generation/pom.xml
+++ b/release-note-generation/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.0</version>
+				<version>3.6.3</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<skip>false</skip>
 					<mainClass>com.google.cloud.ReleaseNoteGeneration</mainClass>