diff --git a/lbjava-mvn-plugin/pom.xml b/lbjava-mvn-plugin/pom.xml
index 71bfa199..713e612f 100644
--- a/lbjava-mvn-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/lbjava-mvn-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.8</version>
+            <version>3.0.16</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>