diff --git a/eo-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/eo-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 2e74d721e0e..69e8f370c41 100644
--- a/eo-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/eo-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0</version>
+      <version>4.0.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>