diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5308a3a9f7..55a2abe63c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
         <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-        <version>6.5.1</version>
+        <version>6.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>