diff --git a/esa-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/esa-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 1de5e37ffe..91c54ab6bb 100644
--- a/esa-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/esa-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <org.apache.aries.util.version>1.1.3</org.apache.aries.util.version>
         <plexus-archiver.version>1.0-alpha-7</plexus-archiver.version>
         <plexus-container-default.version>1.0-alpha-9-stable-1</plexus-container-default.version>
-        <plexus-utils.version>1.4.7</plexus-utils.version>
+        <plexus-utils.version>3.0.24</plexus-utils.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>