diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 534df3a5..7d331e93 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.2</version>
+      <version>4.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>