diff --git a/maven-archetypes/starter/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/maven-archetypes/starter/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 22f717f97a..da443b16fa 100644
--- a/maven-archetypes/starter/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-archetypes/starter/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven-compiler-plugin.version>@maven-compiler-plugin.version@</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-    <maven-exec-plugin.version>@maven-exec-plugin.version@</maven-exec-plugin.version>
+    <exec-maven-plugin.version>@exec-maven-plugin.version@</exec-maven-plugin.version>
     <slf4j.version>@slf4j.version@</slf4j.version>
   </properties>
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven-exec-plugin.version}</version>
+          <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
           <configuration>
             <cleanupDaemonThreads>false</cleanupDaemonThreads>
           </configuration>