diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c88272744f..30ada55de4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
         <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-        <version>6.6.2</version>
+        <version>7.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>