diff --git a/maven-war-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-war-plugin/pom.xml
index abebf1bd50..79df856e78 100644
--- a/maven-war-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-war-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4.3</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>