diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 93ad212979..b760531597 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-      <version>23</version>
+      <version>27</version>
     </parent>
   
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>