diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76dc327e1e..0020040873 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
     <plugin.antrun.version>1.7</plugin.antrun.version>
     <plugin.download.version>1.3.0</plugin.download.version>
     <plugin.deploy.version>2.8.2</plugin.deploy.version>
+    <plugin.shade.version>3.1.1</plugin.shade.version>
 
     <PermGen>64m</PermGen>
     <MaxPermGen>512m</MaxPermGen>
diff --git a/python/pom.xml b/python/pom.xml
index 06c1a7841b..d874f0eeac 100644
--- a/python/pom.xml
+++ b/python/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
         **/PythonInterpreterMatplotlibTest.java
     </python.test.exclude>
     <grpc.version>1.4.0</grpc.version>
-    <plugin.shade.version>2.4.1</plugin.shade.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/spark/pom.xml b/spark/pom.xml
index def865e5c5..a005b589fa 100644
--- a/spark/pom.xml
+++ b/spark/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
         <datanucleus.core.version>3.2.10</datanucleus.core.version>
 
         <!--plugin versions-->
-        <plugin.shade.version>2.4.1</plugin.shade.version>
         <plugin.scala.version>2.15.2</plugin.scala.version>
         <!-- spark versions -->
         <spark.version>2.2.0</spark.version>