diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d90cfbe..9a8a7d9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.googlecode.maven-download-plugin</groupId>
         <artifactId>download-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.1</version>
+        <version>1.6.8</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>download-nutch</id>