diff --git a/cucumber-java/pom.xml b/cucumber-java/pom.xml
index 0d1ce8052a..8d05351444 100644
--- a/cucumber-java/pom.xml
+++ b/cucumber-java/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>3.1.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>generate-i18n</id>
diff --git a/cucumber-java8/pom.xml b/cucumber-java8/pom.xml
index 2013042d4e..6028ebc4a1 100644
--- a/cucumber-java8/pom.xml
+++ b/cucumber-java8/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>3.1.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>generate-i18n</id>