diff --git a/protected/biopet-protected-package/pom.xml b/protected/biopet-protected-package/pom.xml
index 2946bfb803ce69708d320b5f5630b6e834a04b52..83fc4124d421ec508631f3eefd17bb36186bbc01 100644
--- a/protected/biopet-protected-package/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/biopet-protected-package/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3</version>
+                <version>2.4.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!--suppress MavenModelInspection -->
                     <finalName>Biopet-${project.version}-${git.commit.id.abbrev}</finalName>
diff --git a/public/biopet-public-package/pom.xml b/public/biopet-public-package/pom.xml
index de92f0b2503db99f30886e6c6befafe7d9d6ec05..5741d4cebab9106a91739c83d202c87dcda0f17c 100644
--- a/public/biopet-public-package/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-public-package/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3</version>
+                <version>2.4.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!--suppress MavenModelInspection -->
                     <finalName>Biopet-${project.version}-${git.commit.id.abbrev}</finalName>