diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-invariants/pom.xml b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-invariants/pom.xml
index e495a69e1a..2f31fa6df2 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-invariants/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-invariants/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4</version>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-test-invariants/pom.xml b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-test-invariants/pom.xml
index 68d1f5b8d3..0e23db939c 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-test-invariants/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-test-invariants/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4</version>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d82cd9f0d6..22a4b59a76 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
     <maven-antrun-plugin.version>1.7</maven-antrun-plugin.version>
     <maven-assembly-plugin.version>2.4</maven-assembly-plugin.version>
     <maven-dependency-plugin.version>2.10</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
-    <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>1.4.1</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
+    <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
     <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>2.10.4</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
     <maven-gpg-plugin.version>1.5</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
     <maven-remote-resources-plugin.version>1.5</maven-remote-resources-plugin.version>