diff --git a/modello-maven-plugin/src/it/maven-model/pom.xml b/modello-maven-plugin/src/it/maven-model/pom.xml
index a74f97b80..538a42b28 100644
--- a/modello-maven-plugin/src/it/maven-model/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-maven-plugin/src/it/maven-model/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.13</version>
+      <version>3.0.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>