diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index be4782a..5406e24 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.5</version>
+        <version>3.0.16</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>