diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f7e3343a..17f3850f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.0</version>
+            <version>4.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>