diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
index 677c8084..544b0d1d 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-classworlds</artifactId>
-      <version>2.10.0</version>
+      <version>2.11.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- plexus -->