diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8f817032..cfccac17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.1</version>
+        <version>4.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>