diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4e6697e4..0199c548 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.15</version>
+        <version>3.0.16</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>