diff --git a/Dockerfile-apt.template b/Dockerfile-apt.template
index c8a7c6d636dc3c3110ed2d4f5a92bf0b3a7fe5d5..96ca344310242eab586b986b18ae5eb8d6f068d3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-apt.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-apt.template
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 # Install Maven as it is commonly used with ABCL, including with anything that
 # uses CFFI. We install it ourselves instead of basing the image off of maven
 # because the maven image only follows openjdk's default OS choice and does not
-# provide buster based images for jdk12+.
+# provide Debian based images for jdk12+.
 
-ARG MAVEN_VERSION=3.6.3
+ARG MAVEN_VERSION=3.8.2
 ARG MAVEN_SHA=c35a1803a6e70a126e80b2b3ae33eed961f83ed74d18fcd16909b2d44d7dada3203f1ffe726c17ef8dcca2dcaa9fca676987befeadc9b9f759967a8cb77181c0
 
 WORKDIR /usr/share/maven