diff --git a/src/it/automodules-transitive-module/pom.xml b/src/it/automodules-transitive-module/pom.xml
index ac5c1d32c..2a682dbd7 100644
--- a/src/it/automodules-transitive-module/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/automodules-transitive-module/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.24</version>
+      <version>3.6.1</version>
       <type>modular-jar</type>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/it/automodules-transitive-module/src/main/java/module-info.java b/src/it/automodules-transitive-module/src/main/java/module-info.java
index ace11219f..617a218f2 100644
--- a/src/it/automodules-transitive-module/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/src/it/automodules-transitive-module/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 module lib {
-    requires plexus.utils;
+    requires org.codehaus.plexus.util;
 
     exports org.maven.test;
 }
diff --git a/src/it/automodules-transitive-module/verify.groovy b/src/it/automodules-transitive-module/verify.groovy
index f1782a2bf..207cd0d03 100644
--- a/src/it/automodules-transitive-module/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/automodules-transitive-module/verify.groovy
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
 buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' ).text;
 
 assert buildLog.contains("[WARNING] Filename-based automodules detected on the module path:")
-assert buildLog.contains("  - plexus-utils-3.0.24.jar")
+assert buildLog.contains("  - plexus-utils-3.6.1.jar")