diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de56c80bb1f117e514f19e285e627757dca4f742..cee5412f63f5b10e3d6d8bc18e0bafc91b0efb02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 * Added nexus staging deployment plugin.
 * Removed explicit version from licensing plugin.
+* Pom updated to require maven 3.0.4
 
 ## 3.1.0
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7187be3d55e24f951ff5777c902563be54ec3ea0..805dc80576670255ce0a56dec4354999208ab255 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <version>3.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
+    <prerequisites>
+        <maven>3.0.4</maven>
+    </prerequisites>
+
     <name>Ferma</name>
     <description>An ORM for the Tinkerpop3 graph stack.</description>
     <url>https://github.com/Syncleus/Ferma.git</url>