diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5686bf86050..b4ab0b09cff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
     </maven.sevntu-checkstyle-check.checkstyle.version>
     <maven.versions.plugin.version>2.11.0</maven.versions.plugin.version>
     <java.version>11</java.version>
-    <pitest.plugin.version>1.8.1</pitest.plugin.version>
+    <pitest.plugin.version>1.9.0</pitest.plugin.version>
     <pitest.plugin.timeout.factor>10</pitest.plugin.timeout.factor>
     <pitest.plugin.timeout.constant>50000</pitest.plugin.timeout.constant>
     <pitest.plugin.threads>4</pitest.plugin.threads>