diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml b/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml
index 79744e961..003258529 100644
--- a/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0</version>
+      <version>4.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>