diff --git a/artifact/project.xml b/artifact/project.xml
index 1afa5a9d..c2fbdf41 100644
--- a/artifact/project.xml
+++ b/artifact/project.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <name>Maven Artifact Plugin</name>
   <!-- WARNING: some dependency checks will break if we get to 1.10, need to go to 2.0 from there -->
 
-  <currentVersion>1.4.1</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.4.2-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>Tools to manage artifacts and deployment.</description>
   <shortDescription>Tools to manage artifacts and deployment</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/artifact/</url>
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
       <type>jar</type>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>20030203.000550</version>
+      <groupId>plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-1</version>
       <type>jar</type>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java b/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
index f619b352..79c03b1b 100644
--- a/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
+++ b/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.project.Project;
 import org.apache.maven.repository.ArtifactTypeHandler;
 import org.apache.maven.repository.DefaultArtifactTypeHandler;
 import org.apache.maven.util.MD5Sum;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.util.MD5Sum;
  *   
  *   
  * @author <a href="mailto:michal.maczka@dimatics.com">Michal Maczka</a> 
- * @version $Id: DefaultArtifactDeployer.java,v 1.23 2004/09/06 04:26:10 felipeal Exp $
+ * @version $Id$
  */
 public class DefaultArtifactDeployer implements ArtifactDeployer
 {
diff --git a/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/deploy/deployers/FileDeployer.java b/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/deploy/deployers/FileDeployer.java
index 256b3ce1..590e7fe1 100644
--- a/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/deploy/deployers/FileDeployer.java
+++ b/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/deploy/deployers/FileDeployer.java
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ package org.apache.maven.deploy.deployers;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.deploy.RepositoryInfo;
 import org.apache.maven.deploy.DeployRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.deploy.exceptions.TransferFailedException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
 
 /**
  * Deployer which deploys to directory visible in local
  * file system.
  * 
  * @author <a href="mailto:michal.maczka@dimatics.com">Michal Maczka</a> 
- * @version $Id: FileDeployer.java,v 1.14 2004/06/14 13:36:48 brett Exp $
+ * @version $Id$
  */
 public class FileDeployer extends AbstractDeployer
 {