diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a123cb57a..cf616443db 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.24</version>
+        <version>4.0.3</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>