diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 72b166490e7..4964c03bc56 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4492,7 +4492,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.1</version>
+                <version>3.6.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>