diff --git a/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-samples/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-sample/pom.xml b/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-samples/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-sample/pom.xml
index 0793800a..6919d14e 100644
--- a/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-samples/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-samples/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-sample/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.0</version>
+        <version>3.6.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <mainClass>com.example.SampleApplication</mainClass>
           <cleanupDaemonThreads>false</cleanupDaemonThreads>