diff --git a/apps/oecfg/pom.xml b/apps/oecfg/pom.xml
index 7a8441285e..d0cd081883 100644
--- a/apps/oecfg/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/oecfg/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.3</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>