diff --git a/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml b/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml
index 84f7db5d57..0490f23756 100755
--- a/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
       <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
       <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>