diff --git a/commons/doc-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/commons/doc-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index cea0a4d78..eefc33efa 100644
--- a/commons/doc-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/commons/doc-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * information: "Portions copyright [year] [name of copyright owner]".
  *
  * Copyright 2012-2015 ForgeRock AS.
- * Portions copyright 2024-2025 3A Systems LLC.
+ * Portions copyright 2020-2026 3A Systems LLC.
 -->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   <mavenPluginPluginVersion>3.6.0</mavenPluginPluginVersion>
   <mavenResourcesVersion>2.7</mavenResourcesVersion>
   <plantUmlVersion>7993</plantUmlVersion>
-  <plexusUtilsVersion>3.3.0</plexusUtilsVersion>
+  <plexusUtilsVersion>4.0.3</plexusUtilsVersion>
   <xCiteVersion>${project.version}</xCiteVersion>
 
  </properties>
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@
     <version>${mavenPluginPluginVersion}</version>
     <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
-
+  <dependency>
+   <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+   <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+   <version>3.0.1</version>
+  </dependency>
   <!-- Testing -->
 
   <dependency>
diff --git a/commons/launcher/launcher/pom.xml b/commons/launcher/launcher/pom.xml
index 53ae1299a..05d69e084 100644
--- a/commons/launcher/launcher/pom.xml
+++ b/commons/launcher/launcher/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   ~ with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by
   ~ your own identifying information:
   ~ "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]"
+  ~ Portions Copyrighted 2020-2026 3A Systems,LLC
   -->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.1</version>
+            <version>4.0.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>args4j</groupId>
diff --git a/commons/xcite-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/commons/xcite-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index bde298778..61ec38bad 100644
--- a/commons/xcite-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/commons/xcite-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.3.0</version>
+      <version>4.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-external-dependency-plugin/maven-external-dependency-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-external-dependency-plugin/maven-external-dependency-plugin/pom.xml
index ae36b36ec..77fc62319 100644
--- a/maven-external-dependency-plugin/maven-external-dependency-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-external-dependency-plugin/maven-external-dependency-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,12 @@ under the License.
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
           <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-          <version>3.3.0</version>
+          <version>4.0.3</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>