diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cd33fd2d64..8ddebb9e2c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <junitVersion>3.8.2</junitVersion>
     <plexusVersion>1.5.5</plexusVersion>
     <plexusInterpolationVersion>1.19</plexusInterpolationVersion>
-    <plexusUtilsVersion>3.0.15</plexusUtilsVersion>
+    <plexusUtilsVersion>3.0.16-SNAPSHOT</plexusUtilsVersion>
     <!-- last Java5 release of Guava -->
     <guavaVersion>11.0.2</guavaVersion>
     <guiceVersion>3.1.3</guiceVersion>