diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 37f49aa36c5..70842b4e875 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
                 <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-                <version>6.6.2</version>
+                <version>7.0.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>