diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d1d93d75d..76a361847 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.sonatype.nexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>nexus-indexer</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.0</version>
+      <version>3.0.4</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion><!-- instead we pick this up from maven-compat -->
           <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>