diff --git a/carrot-maven-scr-plugin/pom.xml b/carrot-maven-scr-plugin/pom.xml
index 4699dd38..6dfd505e 100644
--- a/carrot-maven-scr-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/carrot-maven-scr-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
 			<artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-			<version>3.0.10</version>
+			<version>3.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- OSGI Annotations. Use standard first, override with custom. -->