diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 977176f2..92da5597 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         <!-- At time of writing: JaCoCo is (allegedly) the only coverage report generator that supports Java 8 -->
         <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
         <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.2</version>
+        <version>0.8.5</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>prepare-agent</id>
@@ -165,4 +165,4 @@
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </reporting>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>