diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
index 0aae39e36..938cb68cb 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-java</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3.0</version>
+      <version>1.4.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- test -->
     <dependency>