diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 39aa5cfe03..04f7f81262 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-classworlds</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.0</version>
+      <version>2.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- <dependency>