diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 517106b..b8286c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0</version>
+      <version>4.0.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>