diff --git a/dependency-check-ant/pom.xml b/dependency-check-ant/pom.xml
index d41a7b5c0..e713b93da 100644
--- a/dependency-check-ant/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-ant/pom.xml
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2013 - Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <instrumentation>
                         <ignoreTrivial>true</ignoreTrivial>
diff --git a/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml b/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml
index 60847fa58..10a2e445d 100644
--- a/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <instrumentation>
                         <ignoreTrivial>true</ignoreTrivial>
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
index b499b5740..72fc851b6 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <instrumentation>
                         <ignoreTrivial>true</ignoreTrivial>
diff --git a/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml b/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml
index ebea07364..291b9265f 100644
--- a/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2014 - Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <instrumentation>
                         <ignoreTrivial>true</ignoreTrivial>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ef0683a40..a7c3248be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
                     <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>1.9</version>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.6</version>
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>