diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de30e11ab..741451dd6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ under the License.
         
         <fluo.version>1.0.0-incubating</fluo.version>
 
-        <plexus.version>3.0.8</plexus.version>
+        <plexus.version>3.0.16</plexus.version>
         <thrift.version>0.9.1</thrift.version>
         <commons.cli.version>1.2</commons.cli.version>
         <jcommander.version>1.60</jcommander.version> <!--  geowave declares a 1.48 dependency and does not support a version higher than 1.60 -->