diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 642ca8fb..efbb8d62 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <modelVersion>4.44.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.scmgalaxy.mavensample</groupId>
   <artifactId>yoodle</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>