diff --git a/ccloud-observability/pom.xml b/ccloud-observability/pom.xml
index 4c6cae689..4cf1669d3 100644
--- a/ccloud-observability/pom.xml
+++ b/ccloud-observability/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.1</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
diff --git a/clients/cloud/java/pom.xml b/clients/cloud/java/pom.xml
index a45bed53e..3585669b6 100644
--- a/clients/cloud/java/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/cloud/java/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.1</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>