diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8cba2fa141..4fc1fcde21 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
       <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-      <version>6.3.1</version>
+      <version>6.4.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>