diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 43f8f673..6e274673 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ under the License.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.1</version>
+        <version>4.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>