diff --git a/profiler/sonar-profiler-plugin/pom.xml b/profiler/sonar-profiler-plugin/pom.xml
index 732347a95..4554aaefc 100644
--- a/profiler/sonar-profiler-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/profiler/sonar-profiler-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.15</version>
+      <version>3.0.16</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- unit tests -->