diff --git a/plexus-java/pom.xml b/plexus-java/pom.xml
index 2b88913..6d0bae0 100644
--- a/plexus-java/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-java/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
       <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-      <version>7.2</version>
+      <version>8.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.thoughtworks.qdox</groupId>