diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e80daccc..33a038c3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.1</version>
+        <version>4.0.3</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons</groupId>