diff --git a/maven-javadoc-plugin.changes b/maven-javadoc-plugin.changes
index f79835e..1b51719 100644
--- a/maven-javadoc-plugin.changes
+++ b/maven-javadoc-plugin.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr  2 17:26:28 UTC 2024 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Add dependency on plexus-xml where relevant
+  * this will be needed for smooth upgrade to plexus-utils 4.0.0
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 21 06:00:34 UTC 2024 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/maven-javadoc-plugin.spec b/maven-javadoc-plugin.spec
index 919e08d..df3d5d3 100644
--- a/maven-javadoc-plugin.spec
+++ b/maven-javadoc-plugin.spec
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ BuildRequires:  plexus-interactivity-api
 BuildRequires:  plexus-io
 BuildRequires:  plexus-languages
 BuildRequires:  plexus-utils
+BuildRequires:  plexus-xml
 BuildRequires:  qdox
 BuildRequires:  sisu-inject
 BuildRequires:  sisu-plexus
@@ -128,6 +129,8 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} build.xml
 %patch -P 1 -p1
 %patch -P 2 -p1
 
+%pom_add_dep org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-xml:3.0.0
+
 %pom_xpath_remove pom:project/pom:parent/pom:relativePath
 %pom_remove_dep :::test:
 
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@ build-jar-repository -s lib \
     plexus-languages/plexus-java \
     plexus-metadata-generator \
     plexus/utils \
+    plexus/xml \
     qdox \
     xbean/xbean-reflect
 %{ant} -Dtest.skip=true jar