diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 85769e4203e..9a1dfd19f5d 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
         <artifactId>stax2-api</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.4</version>
+        <version>4.2.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>