diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6c71d651c77d..cf6f92174ac1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.0.0</version>
+          <version>2.1.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>