diff --git a/enforcer-api/pom.xml b/enforcer-api/pom.xml
index 1d2bd8c0..200aaafd 100644
--- a/enforcer-api/pom.xml
+++ b/enforcer-api/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/enforcer-rules/pom.xml b/enforcer-rules/pom.xml
index 220746e8..99923ffd 100644
--- a/enforcer-rules/pom.xml
+++ b/enforcer-rules/pom.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-classworlds</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-enforcer-extension/pom.xml b/maven-enforcer-extension/pom.xml
index 61847ae4..c8652795 100644
--- a/maven-enforcer-extension/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-enforcer-extension/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-enforcer-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-enforcer-plugin/pom.xml
index c3ea6e3f..a75a2f7f 100644
--- a/maven-enforcer-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-enforcer-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e2abbac..ed228e26 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -204,7 +204,12 @@
       <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>
 
       <!-- test dependencies -->