diff --git a/java/carrier/pom.xml b/java/carrier/pom.xml
index acd55d657..a7105686a 100644
--- a/java/carrier/pom.xml
+++ b/java/carrier/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.15</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>test</phase>
diff --git a/java/geocoder/pom.xml b/java/geocoder/pom.xml
index cf01b2c76..95c24927e 100644
--- a/java/geocoder/pom.xml
+++ b/java/geocoder/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.15</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>test</phase>
diff --git a/java/internal/prefixmapper/pom.xml b/java/internal/prefixmapper/pom.xml
index 0f5ad61e1..a62bc4c20 100644
--- a/java/internal/prefixmapper/pom.xml
+++ b/java/internal/prefixmapper/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.15</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>test</phase>
diff --git a/java/libphonenumber/pom.xml b/java/libphonenumber/pom.xml
index 1effb395e..8d8bfe2e6 100644
--- a/java/libphonenumber/pom.xml
+++ b/java/libphonenumber/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.15</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>test</phase>
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 72a9067c3..00e6fdd0f 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.17</version>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>