diff --git a/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index e0bc6cfcc10..07b54c7e63f 100644
--- a/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11.0</version>
+            <version>4.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>