diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e46d448..445d9a94 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.24</version>
+      <version>4.0.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>