diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bc29c998..17c6814f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>39</version>
+    <version>41</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
@@ -370,7 +370,10 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.5.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
diff --git a/src/it/MPIR-412/verify.groovy b/src/it/MPIR-412/verify.groovy
index 51dac6c7..16a68c7e 100644
--- a/src/it/MPIR-412/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/MPIR-412/verify.groovy
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import groovy.xml.XmlParser
+
 // should be able to parse the output as XML
 parser = new XmlParser();
 parser.setFeature( 'http://apache.org/xml/features/disallow-doctype-decl', false );