diff --git a/eba-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/eba-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 29fed265dc..5eff95cd89 100644
--- a/eba-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/eba-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <maven-plugin-api.version>2.0</maven-plugin-api.version>
         <maven-plugin-testing-harness.version>1.1</maven-plugin-testing-harness.version>
         <maven-project.version>2.0</maven-project.version>
-        <plexus-archiver.version>1.0-alpha-7</plexus-archiver.version>
+        <plexus-archiver.version>4.10.0</plexus-archiver.version>
         <plexus-container-default.version>1.0-alpha-9-stable-1</plexus-container-default.version>
         <plexus-utils.version>1.4.7</plexus-utils.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/esa-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/esa-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 1de5e37ffe..c85b57b86a 100644
--- a/esa-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/esa-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <maven-plugin-testing-harness.version>1.1</maven-plugin-testing-harness.version>
         <maven-project.version>2.0</maven-project.version>
         <org.apache.aries.util.version>1.1.3</org.apache.aries.util.version>
-        <plexus-archiver.version>1.0-alpha-7</plexus-archiver.version>
+        <plexus-archiver.version>4.10.0</plexus-archiver.version>
         <plexus-container-default.version>1.0-alpha-9-stable-1</plexus-container-default.version>
         <plexus-utils.version>1.4.7</plexus-utils.version>
     </properties>