diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4c5727e8..d6e68bbd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-legacy</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7.0</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>