diff --git a/maven-tagdoc-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-tagdoc-plugin/pom.xml
index 45dba5c..0b59a76 100644
--- a/maven-tagdoc-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-tagdoc-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.5</version>
+      <version>3.0.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>