diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/pom.xml
index d36ccc2d1..9b75e6430 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/pom.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-resolver-supplier/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-supplier/pom.xml
index e6e7c8c0a..8ba06f851 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-supplier/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-resolver-supplier/pom.xml
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-resolver-transport-wagon/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-transport-wagon/pom.xml
index 5985df226..5552fbacc 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-transport-wagon/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-resolver-transport-wagon/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f3dae143e..0deb886b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>40</version>
+    <version>41</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
@@ -191,7 +191,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.1</version>
+        <version>4.0.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>