diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 666a255f..376675eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5</version>
+        <version>1.6</version>
         <executions>
             <execution>
                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>