diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index d8bfaa22c8e7..e970602a26c3 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.5</version>
+        <version>3.0.16</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>