diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c5cc0dc471f607798002e4b550eec5687b32efd..7a8e5a76cf5cc4f7e6b769ecb5ad227f031d6581 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 * Added nexus staging deployment plugin.
 * Removed explicit version from licensing plugin.
+* Pom now requires maven version 3.0.4.
 
 ## 2.4.0
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 39682d9b02209ee733e649e29c379b8717023250..14ef175c9e167f0bbdb12f1bc2b23cfd3d2dd2fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <version>2.4.1-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>