diff --git a/doxia-core/pom.xml b/doxia-core/pom.xml
index cd53f31e0..587f90648 100644
--- a/doxia-core/pom.xml
+++ b/doxia-core/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ under the License.
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
diff --git a/doxia-modules/doxia-module-fml/pom.xml b/doxia-modules/doxia-module-fml/pom.xml
index 83b59ff5e..ca5be2a88 100644
--- a/doxia-modules/doxia-module-fml/pom.xml
+++ b/doxia-modules/doxia-module-fml/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ under the License.
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
diff --git a/doxia-modules/doxia-module-markdown/pom.xml b/doxia-modules/doxia-module-markdown/pom.xml
index 4a4d47d00..1e59e628c 100644
--- a/doxia-modules/doxia-module-markdown/pom.xml
+++ b/doxia-modules/doxia-module-markdown/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ under the License.
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
diff --git a/doxia-modules/doxia-module-xdoc/pom.xml b/doxia-modules/doxia-module-xdoc/pom.xml
index 1a4f0d711..695dfa6e3 100644
--- a/doxia-modules/doxia-module-xdoc/pom.xml
+++ b/doxia-modules/doxia-module-xdoc/pom.xml
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ under the License.
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
@@ -54,6 +50,10 @@ under the License.
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- test -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/doxia-modules/doxia-module-xhtml5/pom.xml b/doxia-modules/doxia-module-xhtml5/pom.xml
index ce1a55b06..b71c33a9a 100644
--- a/doxia-modules/doxia-module-xhtml5/pom.xml
+++ b/doxia-modules/doxia-module-xhtml5/pom.xml
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ under the License.
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
@@ -54,6 +50,10 @@ under the License.
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2844ae00d..da2429c79 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -185,11 +185,6 @@ under the License.
         <version>6.0.0</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.1</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
         <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>