diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4ce96f..82b8619 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.1</version>
+      <version>4.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>