diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6bd4109..c96f45d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
           drives its goal. One definition, because two would drift and the drift would show up as a
           NoSuchMethodError in a test rather than as a version conflict in a report.
         -->
-        <maven.api.version>3.9.9</maven.api.version>
+        <maven.api.version>3.9.16</maven.api.version>
         <maven-plugin-tools.version>3.15.2</maven-plugin-tools.version>
         <!--
           JMH, for the performance suite in aether-weaver-tests. Its transitive dependencies are