diff --git a/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml b/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml
index 21df5dc0f..e310c1e0d 100644
--- a/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.11.0</version>
+				<version>3.12.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.8</source>
 					<target>1.8</target>
diff --git a/bboxdb-examples/pom.xml b/bboxdb-examples/pom.xml
index ec28cfbce..a628ca38c 100644
--- a/bboxdb-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-examples/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.11.0</version>
+				<version>3.12.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.8</source>
 					<target>1.8</target>
diff --git a/bboxdb-experiments/pom.xml b/bboxdb-experiments/pom.xml
index cc7c226f3..80b33e96a 100644
--- a/bboxdb-experiments/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-experiments/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.11.0</version>
+				<version>3.12.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.8</source>
 					<target>1.8</target>
diff --git a/bboxdb-network-proxy/pom.xml b/bboxdb-network-proxy/pom.xml
index db1da2f65..e1c6de22d 100644
--- a/bboxdb-network-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-network-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.11.0</version>
+				<version>3.12.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.8</source>
 					<target>1.8</target>
diff --git a/bboxdb-server/pom.xml b/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
index c5f555cc1..3bd83fa4d 100644
--- a/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.11.0</version>
+				<version>3.12.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.8</source>
 					<target>1.8</target>
diff --git a/bboxdb-tools/pom.xml b/bboxdb-tools/pom.xml
index b4d6b8e4a..ad966fc0d 100644
--- a/bboxdb-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-tools/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.11.0</version>
+				<version>3.12.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.8</source>
 					<target>1.8</target>