diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a30ca0..aed436e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
             <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-            <version>6.2.8</version>
+            <version>6.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>