diff --git a/mrm-servlet/pom.xml b/mrm-servlet/pom.xml
index eba574a4..3cbae6d8 100644
--- a/mrm-servlet/pom.xml
+++ b/mrm-servlet/pom.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- testing -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cf7eae60..18f5c6e3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@
         <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
         <version>4.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-common-artifact-filters</artifactId>