diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 924981e2..04af5316 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,22 +10,19 @@
     <name>authtoken-validation</name>
     <description>Web eID authentication token validation library for Java</description>
 
-    <prerequisites>
-        <maven>3.6.3</maven>
-    </prerequisites>
-
     <properties>
         <java.version>11</java.version>
         <jjwt.version>0.12.6</jjwt.version>
         <bouncycastle.version>1.80</bouncycastle.version>
         <jackson.version>2.18.3</jackson.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.12.0</junit-jupiter.version>
+        <junit-jupiter.version>5.12.1</junit-jupiter.version>
         <assertj.version>3.27.3</assertj.version>
-        <mockito.version>5.16.0</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>5.17.0</mockito.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.11.2</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>
         <sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
             ${project.basedir}/../jacoco-coverage-report/target/site/jacoco-aggregate/jacoco.xml
@@ -154,6 +151,26 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-enforcer-plugin.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>enforce-maven</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>enforce</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <rules>
+                                <requireMavenVersion>
+                                    <version>[3.6.3,)</version>
+                                </requireMavenVersion>
+                            </rules>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>