diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 253e24891..9e4476277 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.15</version>
+        <version>3.0.18</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>