diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 98c95d6bb2d..de68bbb1bf4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.0</version>
+        <version>4.0.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.opencastproject</groupId>