diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 584753c4c3a..33f1af721c3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
-                <version>4.0.3</version>
+                <version>4.0.4</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>