diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 74afdf3d5..7146f8a97 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <scm.url>scm:git:git@github.com:codehaus-plexus/plexus-containers.git</scm.url>
-    <classWorldsVersion>2.5.1</classWorldsVersion>
+    <classWorldsVersion>2.6.0</classWorldsVersion>
     <plexusUtilsVersion>3.1.1</plexusUtilsVersion>
     <xbeanReflectVersion>3.7</xbeanReflectVersion>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>