diff --git a/depends-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/depends-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index a6f8647..83dc0d8 100644
--- a/depends-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/depends-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.sonatype.plexus</groupId>