diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6aeab57512..e1fd2b6c88 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.15</version>
+        <version>3.0.16</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>