diff --git a/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 74be9b76..fa9e16a8 100644
--- a/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.1</version>
+      <version>4.0.2</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>