diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e2725220935..72828394846 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
         <pax.transx.version>0.5.4</pax.transx.version>
 
         <portlet-api.version>2.0</portlet-api.version>
-        <plexus-utils.version>4.0.2</plexus-utils.version>
+        <plexus-utils.version>4.0.3</plexus-utils.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
 
         <spec.activation.version>1.2.2</spec.activation.version>