From b5ffcb10550830ff42a0aa118f9f6abf9216204b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "renovatebot-confluentinc[bot]"
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Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 00:55:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] WARNING: MAJOR (BREAKING) CHANGE: Update dependency
 org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin to v3

---
 pom.xml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b32e76f53a..3ebc790f04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <easymock.version>5.6.0</easymock.version>
         <!-- keep exec-maven-plugin on 1.5.0 until https://github.com/mojohaus/exec-maven-plugin/issues/76 is fixed
              running our LicenseFinder plugin in create-licenses-for-docker breaks when upgrading to 1.6.0 -->
-        <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
+        <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.6.3</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <spotbugs.version>4.9.8</spotbugs.version>
         <spotbugs.maven.plugin.version>4.9.8.0</spotbugs.maven.plugin.version>
         <java.version>11</java.version>