diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 07f98f8ee..7277e6442 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-classworlds</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0</version>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>