diff --git a/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 5933bffc..19343588 100644
--- a/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.3.0</version>
+      <version>3.4.0</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>