diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 00b5bd6c..712fa9bc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ under the License.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.1</version>
+        <version>4.0.1</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- for slf4j -->