diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
index c4ff68a86..dbc03a519 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6.0</version>
+            <version>3.6.1</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <goals>