diff --git a/languages/scala/pom.xml b/languages/scala/pom.xml
index e88fe595d..c93164792 100644
--- a/languages/scala/pom.xml
+++ b/languages/scala/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                 <!-- see http://davidb.github.com/scala-maven-plugin -->
                 <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>4.8.1</version>
+                <version>4.9.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>