diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e77c61e6c31..670c7d97cfa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
         <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-deploy-plugin.version>2.8.2</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
         <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.3.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
-        <japicmp-maven-plugin.version>0.15.6</japicmp-maven-plugin.version>
+        <japicmp-maven-plugin.version>0.26.1</japicmp-maven-plugin.version>
         <versions-maven-plugin.version>2.13.0</versions-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-archetype-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-archetype-plugin.version>
         <!-- Whenever we update maven-wrapper-plugin version, we need to run mvn wrapper:wrapper to update the Maven Wrapper files(mvnw, .maven and mvnw.cmd) -->