diff --git a/lang/java/maven-plugin/pom.xml b/lang/java/maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 15590348dd8..38f40cffcc4 100644
--- a/lang/java/maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.5.1</version>
+      <version>4.0.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>