diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index db670890b..7162db07c 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.8</version>
+        <version>3.0.16</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>