diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2913e1c37..00bc30789 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.1</version>
+                <version>4.0.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>