diff --git a/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml b/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
index d61472459b..339fb1a3e1 100644
--- a/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1</version>
+        <version>3.8.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>1.7</source>
           <target>1.7</target>