diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d88bede5ae..ee6cd7b014 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.8.11</version>
+                <version>0.8.12</version>
                 <executions>
                     <!-- UNIT TESTS -->
                     <!-- http://www.eclemma.org/jacoco/trunk/doc/maven.html