diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 02407b3955d6035cee7aacd5c4bc6a4261185d48..cf05b5cb36d8880c893d90db69fb2d7f90ee92d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
         <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-        <version>19</version>
+        <version>21</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>