diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index e642335..652b080 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Verify
     uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v3
     with:
-      ff-maven: "3.9.2"                     # Maven version for fail-fast-build
-      maven-matrix: '[ "3.2.5", "3.9.2" ]'  # Maven versions matrix for verify builds
       verify-fail-fast: false               # Fail-fast for verify builds
       matrix-exclude: >
         [
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 39eb821..138625d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
   </ciManagement>
 
   <properties>
-    <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.6.3</mavenVersion>
     <mojo.java.target>8</mojo.java.target>
     <mavenFilteringVersion>3.3.1</mavenFilteringVersion>
     <scmpublish.content>target/staging/${project.artifactId}</scmpublish.content>