diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0beca405..77d2ef71 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.5.1</version>
+      <version>4.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>