diff --git a/jcore-xmi-splitter/pom.xml b/jcore-xmi-splitter/pom.xml
index 0d5e808..5c2bbe2 100644
--- a/jcore-xmi-splitter/pom.xml
+++ b/jcore-xmi-splitter/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
             <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-            <version>6.0.0</version>
+            <version>6.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>