diff --git a/itests/failover/pom.xml b/itests/failover/pom.xml
index cd1b0cf5eda..422acd3c97d 100644
--- a/itests/failover/pom.xml
+++ b/itests/failover/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.10</version>
+      <version>4.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>