diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 43954a9..e982f04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,11 +70,6 @@
       <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-shared-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.3.4</version>
-    </dependency>
     <!--
       Apache Commons dependencies
     -->
@@ -99,7 +94,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.4.1</version>
+      <version>3.4.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiver/MavenArchiver.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiver/MavenArchiver.java
index 140a5de..2f7fae6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiver/MavenArchiver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiver/MavenArchiver.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
@@ -41,8 +42,6 @@
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.OverConstrainedVersionException;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-import org.apache.maven.shared.utils.PropertyUtils;
-import org.apache.maven.shared.utils.StringUtils;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.jar.JarArchiver;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.jar.Manifest;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.jar.ManifestException;
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@
 import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.RecursionInterceptor;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.StringSearchInterpolator;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.ValueSource;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
 
 import static org.apache.maven.archiver.ManifestConfiguration.CLASSPATH_LAYOUT_TYPE_CUSTOM;
 import static org.apache.maven.archiver.ManifestConfiguration.CLASSPATH_LAYOUT_TYPE_REPOSITORY;
@@ -743,12 +743,29 @@ private Artifact findArtifactWithFile( Set<Artifact> artifacts, File file )
 
     private static String getCreatedByVersion( String groupId, String artifactId )
     {
-        final Properties properties = PropertyUtils.loadOptionalProperties( MavenArchiver.class.getResourceAsStream(
+        final Properties properties = loadOptionalProperties( MavenArchiver.class.getResourceAsStream(
             "/META-INF/maven/" + groupId + "/" + artifactId + "/pom.properties" ) );
 
         return properties.getProperty( "version" );
     }
 
+    private static Properties loadOptionalProperties( final InputStream inputStream )
+    {
+        Properties properties = new Properties();
+        if ( inputStream != null )
+        {
+            try ( InputStream in = inputStream )
+            {
+                properties.load( in );
+            }
+            catch ( IllegalArgumentException | IOException ex )
+            {
+                // ignore and return empty properties
+            }
+        }
+        return properties;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Define a value for "Created By" entry.
      *
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiver/MavenArchiverTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiver/MavenArchiverTest.java
index 6baefc4..1605f6a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiver/MavenArchiverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiver/MavenArchiverTest.java
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Organization;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-import org.apache.maven.shared.utils.StringUtils;
-import org.apache.maven.shared.utils.io.FileUtils;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.jar.JarArchiver;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.jar.ManifestException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
 import org.eclipse.aether.DefaultRepositorySystemSession;
 import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;