diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e0444b7..c7654b10 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.8</version>
+                <version>3.0.16</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>