diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
index 1a2391a5ad4c..167773195d9b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.3</version>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
           <relocations>