diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f02e0e924..b314dcdb8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
         <versions-maven-plugin.version>2.18.0</versions-maven-plugin.version>
         <sortpom-maven-plugin.version>4.0.0</sortpom-maven-plugin.version>
         <launch4j-maven-plugin.version>2.5.2</launch4j-maven-plugin.version>
+        <xml-maven-plugin.version>1.1.0</xml-maven-plugin.version>
         <lifecycle-mapping.version>1.0.0</lifecycle-mapping.version>
         <!--  if you update the checkstyle version make sure you update the google_checks.xml inside the repository -->
         <checkstyle.version>10.21.0</checkstyle.version>
@@ -1840,6 +1841,11 @@
                     <artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${buildnumber-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>xml-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${xml-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
     </build>