diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eb96ea4fd1..a5754accde 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 		<!-- copy&paste from maven/pom.xml file. I wish import scope worked in 3.0 -->
 		<commonsCompressVersion>1.26.1</commonsCompressVersion>
 		<plexusVersion>2.2.0</plexusVersion>
-		<plexusUtilsVersion>3.5.1</plexusUtilsVersion>
+		<plexusUtilsVersion>4.0.1</plexusUtilsVersion>
 		<plexusCompilerVersion>2.15.0</plexusCompilerVersion>
 		<cipherVersion>2.1.0</cipherVersion>
 		<pluginToolsVersion>3.12.0</pluginToolsVersion>
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@
 				<artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
 				<version>${plexusUtilsVersion}</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<!--plexus-utils 4.x with plexus-xml 3.x is Maven 3 compatible-->
+			<dependency>
+			    <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+			    <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+			    <version>3.0.1</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
 				<artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
diff --git a/sisu-osgi/sisu-osgi-connect/pom.xml b/sisu-osgi/sisu-osgi-connect/pom.xml
index 01708046a2..7df33cc198 100644
--- a/sisu-osgi/sisu-osgi-connect/pom.xml
+++ b/sisu-osgi/sisu-osgi-connect/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
 			<artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+		    <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
diff --git a/tycho-core/pom.xml b/tycho-core/pom.xml
index df44fa081d..53289e14c5 100644
--- a/tycho-core/pom.xml
+++ b/tycho-core/pom.xml
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@
 			<artifactId>plexus-interpolation</artifactId>
 			<version>1.27</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+		    <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
 			<artifactId>plexus-cipher</artifactId>
diff --git a/tycho-extras/tycho-pomless/pom.xml b/tycho-extras/tycho-pomless/pom.xml
index 58d0cfa8ed..af707b3b5c 100644
--- a/tycho-extras/tycho-pomless/pom.xml
+++ b/tycho-extras/tycho-pomless/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+		    <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
 			<artifactId>maven-embedder</artifactId>
diff --git a/tycho-spi/pom.xml b/tycho-spi/pom.xml
index 74c8323fe4..0d00f088bf 100644
--- a/tycho-spi/pom.xml
+++ b/tycho-spi/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 			<artifactId>tycho-api</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+		    <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	<build>
 		<resources>