diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 30c89ac43b..8405f2cd8e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.1</version>
+        <version>4.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>