diff --git a/integration-tests/jakarta-ee/pom.xml b/integration-tests/jakarta-ee/pom.xml
index b6ab0bf4c1..ef13569914 100644
--- a/integration-tests/jakarta-ee/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/jakarta-ee/pom.xml
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <executable>${project.build.directory}/dependency/payara5/bin/${asadmin.cmd}</executable>
                     <skip>${payara.start.skip}</skip>
diff --git a/samples/quickstart-guice/pom.xml b/samples/quickstart-guice/pom.xml
index caaff5fb3a..b3321426bb 100644
--- a/samples/quickstart-guice/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/quickstart-guice/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
diff --git a/samples/quickstart/pom.xml b/samples/quickstart/pom.xml
index 44c9dff4ef..7c7341ec62 100644
--- a/samples/quickstart/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/quickstart/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
diff --git a/samples/spring/pom.xml b/samples/spring/pom.xml
index 780e828cdd..c789857efc 100644
--- a/samples/spring/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/spring/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <mainClass>org.apache.shiro.samples.spring.CliApp</mainClass>
                 </configuration>