diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9198ecf4..886b6445 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.1</version>
+            <version>4.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>