diff --git a/itests/failover/pom.xml b/itests/failover/pom.xml
index 317e1c1f..dc330aae 100644
--- a/itests/failover/pom.xml
+++ b/itests/failover/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.10</version>
+      <version>3.0.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>