diff --git a/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-backend-h2/pom.xml b/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-backend-h2/pom.xml
index 828a36d4c..c1bb85bc0 100644
--- a/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-backend-h2/pom.xml
+++ b/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-backend-h2/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.15.0</version>
+                <version>3.16.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${java.version}</source>
                     <target>${java.version}</target>
diff --git a/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-backend-mongodb/pom.xml b/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-backend-mongodb/pom.xml
index 805a689db..9d576bd9a 100644
--- a/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-backend-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-backend-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.15.0</version>
+				<version>3.16.0</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<source>${java.version}</source>
 					<target>${java.version}</target>
diff --git a/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-core/pom.xml b/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-core/pom.xml
index 792632fa8..6ee364278 100644
--- a/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-core/pom.xml
+++ b/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice/basyx.aasdiscoveryservice-core/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.15.0</version>
+				<version>3.16.0</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<source>${java.version}</source>
 					<target>${java.version}</target>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fb1e0a26c..3483d55e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>3.15.0</version>
+						<version>3.16.0</version>
 						<configuration>
 							<source>${java.version}</source>
 							<target>${java.version}</target>