diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
index 0f01ac1961..3ea7d204d9 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>maven-plugin-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>2.0</version>
+    <!-- Not a prerequesite, just building with a newer plexus-utils version -->
+    <version>2.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/pom.xml
index 2736ee99f1..61659bd28c 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.4</version>
+        <version>1.0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>