diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 832adf4a64..ea578cbf31 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
       <!-- generated help mojo has a dependency on plexus utils -->
-      <version>3.3.0</version>
+      <version>3.5.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>