diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ef76926..844649e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
     <dependency>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
        <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-       <version>1.5.6</version>
+       <version>3.0.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>