diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4002d2b73..8648a5374 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
 				<artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-				<version>3.0.8</version>
+				<version>3.0.16</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>