diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0112cb3b..b3b9f941 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
     	<artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-    	<version>3.1.0</version>
+    	<version>4.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>