diff --git a/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 63021ffab..751469249 100644
--- a/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.10</version>
+            <version>3.0.16</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>