diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3b4944716..3b4d456da 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <scm.url>scm:git:git@github.com:codehaus-plexus/plexus-containers.git</scm.url>
     <classWorldsVersion>2.6.0</classWorldsVersion>
     <plexusUtilsVersion>3.1.1</plexusUtilsVersion>
-    <xbeanReflectVersion>3.7</xbeanReflectVersion>
+    <xbeanReflectVersion>4.21</xbeanReflectVersion>
     <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>