diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b25b0740a..4fe1a7b940 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.5.1</version>
+      <version>4.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>