diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index fb5270ad82f..db2b5b42ee8 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.5</version>
+        <version>3.1.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>