diff --git a/spice-inject/guice-plexus/pom.xml b/spice-inject/guice-plexus/pom.xml
index 9c4bcc55f..33a90550e 100644
--- a/spice-inject/guice-plexus/pom.xml
+++ b/spice-inject/guice-plexus/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.5</version>
+        <version>3.0.16</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>