diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2c67c721..2b27bf61 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
         <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-        <version>6.2.3</version>
+        <version>6.5.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>