diff --git a/aws-lambda-node-java-starter/java-backend/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-node-java-starter/java-backend/pom.xml
index a6c6352..d80f9c5 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-node-java-starter/java-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-node-java-starter/java-backend/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <version>3.10.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                     <source>1.8</source>