diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8835edf73..63cdc49d1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3</version>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <skip>true</skip>
           <mainClass>none</mainClass>
diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index e60a51eee..ea362d79b 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3</version>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <mainClass>com.google.refine.Refine</mainClass>
           <commandlineArgs>-Drefine.headless=true -Drefine.autoreload=true -Dbutterfly.autoreload=true -Drefine.memory=1400M -Drefine.port=3333 -Drefine.host=127.0.0.1</commandlineArgs>