diff --git a/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 35b3ca004e0..a8d541340c1 100644
--- a/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -356,8 +356,12 @@
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11.0</version>
+                <version>3.15.2</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <requiredJavaVersion>[11,)</requiredJavaVersion>
+                </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>default-descriptor</id>
diff --git a/tooling/karaf-services-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tooling/karaf-services-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index ac6e3cd98b9..db8eca70705 100644
--- a/tooling/karaf-services-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/karaf-services-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -144,7 +144,12 @@
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.15.2</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <requiredJavaVersion>[11,)</requiredJavaVersion>
+                </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>default-descriptor</id>