diff --git a/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml b/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
index fab345615..59cb50e68 100644
--- a/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5</version>
+        <version>1.12</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>add-test-source</id>
diff --git a/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml b/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
index 14734edc9..d59f44377 100644
--- a/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5</version>
+        <version>1.12</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>add-test-source</id>
diff --git a/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml b/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
index 070ff5008..078bf8086 100644
--- a/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5</version>
+        <version>1.12</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>add-test-source</id>
diff --git a/google-http-client-test/pom.xml b/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
index f55edd716..219d998aa 100644
--- a/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5</version>
+        <version>1.12</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>add-test-source</id>
diff --git a/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml b/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
index 489d97c11..eb0bbb5a4 100644
--- a/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5</version>
+        <version>1.12</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>add-test-source</id>