diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 965f430c..c03e0e3e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <mavenPluginPluginVersion>3.15.0</mavenPluginPluginVersion>
     <m2eWorkspaceVersion>0.4.0</m2eWorkspaceVersion>
     <plexusUtilsVersion>4.0.1</plexusUtilsVersion>
-    <plexusXmlVersion>3.0.1</plexusXmlVersion>
+    <plexusXmlVersion>4.0.4</plexusXmlVersion>
     <pluginTestingVersion>3.0.5</pluginTestingVersion>
   </properties>