diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 130cfb5..4964e19 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.4</version>
+            <version>3.0.16</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>