diff --git a/dependency-check-ant/pom.xml b/dependency-check-ant/pom.xml
index c1eb45c50..79d8a9c94 100644
--- a/dependency-check-ant/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-ant/pom.xml
@@ -317,11 +317,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2013 - Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
                     </reportSet>
                 </reportSets>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${reporting.cobertura-plugin.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml b/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml
index c7dac3bdc..2666d4367 100644
--- a/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml
@@ -208,11 +208,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
                     </reportSet>
                 </reportSets>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${reporting.cobertura-plugin.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
index 9d438259e..0a875c1f8 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
@@ -258,11 +258,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
                     </reportSet>
                 </reportSets>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${reporting.cobertura-plugin.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/pom.xml b/dependency-check-maven/pom.xml
index 88346dd4f..0c88386a3 100644
--- a/dependency-check-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/pom.xml
@@ -165,11 +165,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2013 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
                     </reportSet>
                 </reportSets>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${reporting.cobertura-plugin.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml b/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml
index 74f778b6a..d57c40680 100644
--- a/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml
@@ -135,11 +135,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2014 - Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
                     </reportSet>
                 </reportSets>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${reporting.cobertura-plugin.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fd6b6b457..15a35c6ef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
         <slf4j.version>1.7.12</slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
         <reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>2.16</reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>
-        <reporting.cobertura-plugin.version>2.6</reporting.cobertura-plugin.version>
+        <reporting.cobertura-plugin.version>2.7</reporting.cobertura-plugin.version>
         <reporting.findbugs-plugin.version>3.0.1</reporting.findbugs-plugin.version>
         <reporting.javadoc-plugin.version>2.10.3</reporting.javadoc-plugin.version>
         <!-- todo(code review): only used in maven module? Not needed elsewhere -->
@@ -395,7 +395,18 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
                     </reportSet>
                 </reportSets>
             </plugin>
-
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${reporting.cobertura-plugin.version}</version>
+                <reportSets>
+                    <reportSet>
+                        <reports>
+                            <report>cobertura</report>
+                        </reports>
+                    </reportSet>
+                </reportSets>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </reporting>
     <dependencyManagement>