diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 59cbfb91f..2aa1c1e04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@
         <!-- Maven Tools -->
         <maven.version>3.0</maven.version>
         <maven.archiver.version>2.2</maven.archiver.version>
-        <plexus.utils.version>1.5.4</plexus.utils.version>
+        <plexus.utils.version>3.0.16</plexus.utils.version>
 
         <errorprone.version>2.10.0</errorprone.version>
     </properties>