diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc5527c1bea5a8d32b7d7d227015a3227524115e..c7f55823ae71cd220ae7a40e016844916ea0f76e 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -167,6 +167,26 @@
 </repositories>
   <build>
     <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>enforce-maven</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <requireMavenVersion>
+                  <version>3.3.9</version>
+                </requireMavenVersion>
+              </rules>    
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>