diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 98cd1056d1..27e83f39ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0</version>
+        <version>3.0.16</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>jmock</groupId>
diff --git a/surefire-shadefire/pom.xml b/surefire-shadefire/pom.xml
index 1acad5d5c3..44d4f77572 100644
--- a/surefire-shadefire/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-shadefire/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0</version>
+      <version>3.0.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>