diff --git a/utils/xspec-maven-plugin/xspec-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/utils/xspec-maven-plugin/xspec-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 29f1339d5..34745bb94 100644
--- a/utils/xspec-maven-plugin/xspec-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/xspec-maven-plugin/xspec-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-shared-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>0.4</version>
+      <version>3.3.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>