diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4850e62..51d8ae9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.1</version>
+            <version>4.0.3</version>
         </dependency>
             <!-- Logging and tests -->
             <dependency>