diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 86bab024a7..f31f28fd67 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
                 <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-                <version>7.1.1</version>
+                <version>7.2.0</version>
             </dependency>
             
             <!-- Jetty is used by some of the unit tests -->