diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 022fc4bc3b..d7e7eacdbe 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 		<maven-plugin-testing-harness.version>3.4.0</maven-plugin-testing-harness.version>
 		<maven-shared-incremental.version>1.1</maven-shared-incremental.version>
 		<slf4j-api.version>2.0.17</slf4j-api.version>
-		<plexus-utils.version>4.0.2</plexus-utils.version> <!-- If not set the provided version is 3.0.x and MethodMissing is thrown -->
+		<plexus-utils.version>4.0.3</plexus-utils.version> <!-- If not set the provided version is 3.0.x and MethodMissing is thrown -->
 	</properties>
 
 	<inceptionYear>2016</inceptionYear>