diff --git a/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml b/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml
index ba02f7f48..a96e62394 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.1</version>
+        <version>3.9.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>1.8</source>
           <target>1.8</target>