Removing plexus dependency
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ffc4f76..08aeeed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@
     <url>${scmBrowseUrl}</url>
   </scm>
 
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/components/evaluator/DefaultExpressionEvaluator.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/components/evaluator/DefaultExpressionEvaluator.java
index ba52fda..6fd389b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/components/evaluator/DefaultExpressionEvaluator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/components/evaluator/DefaultExpressionEvaluator.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;