diff --git a/java-apigee-connect/samples/pom.xml b/java-apigee-connect/samples/pom.xml
index 98d7642cd8c6..13460de47db4 100644
--- a/java-apigee-connect/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/java-apigee-connect/samples/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2</version>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>