diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc983694..3f274e51 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -165,12 +165,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.4</version>
+            <version>3.6.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>