diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a7aefe..42fb348 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.1</version>
+        <version>4.0.4</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>