diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1371a1b6bd9f1468eee9cab5779f6deba4b9c0e6..be0dac953abf7bec222146204bc9abf5884fd8bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   </issueManagement>
 
   <prerequisites>
-    <maven>3.0.4</maven>
+    <maven>${maven.version}</maven>
   </prerequisites>
 
   <mailingLists>
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
     <akka.group>com.typesafe.akka</akka.group>
     <akka.version>2.3.11</akka.version>
     <java.version>1.7</java.version>
+    <maven.version>3.3.3</maven.version>
     <sbt.project.name>spark</sbt.project.name>
     <mesos.version>0.21.1</mesos.version>
     <mesos.classifier>shaded-protobuf</mesos.classifier>
@@ -1153,7 +1154,7 @@
               <configuration>
                 <rules>
                   <requireMavenVersion>
-                    <version>3.0.4</version>
+                    <version>${maven.version}</version>
                   </requireMavenVersion>
                   <requireJavaVersion>
                     <version>${java.version}</version>
@@ -1171,7 +1172,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
           <artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2.0</version>
+          <version>3.2.2</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>eclipse-add-source</id>