diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 21fe3fabf..215f54bad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     <plexusContainerVersion>2.1.1</plexusContainerVersion>
     <plexusResourcesVersion>1.2.0</plexusResourcesVersion>
     <plexusUtilsVersion>4.0.0</plexusUtilsVersion>
-    <plexusXmlVersion>3.0.0</plexusXmlVersion>
+    <plexusXmlVersion>4.0.2</plexusXmlVersion>
 
     <antrunPluginVersion>3.1.0</antrunPluginVersion>
     <l10nPluginVersion>1.0.0</l10nPluginVersion>