diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 50b54ee2..43f82483 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
             <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-            <version>6.2.4</version>
+            <version>6.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>