diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 53c3284d4..405801aa7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
         <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-        <version>6.2.4</version>
+        <version>6.4.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>