diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b9c0b79c..553d3a97 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-matchers</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.0</version>
+      <version>2.6.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>