diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ed228e26..adb7bdc1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0</version>
+        <version>4.0.2</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- test dependencies -->