diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReader.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReader.java
index 8acf46f6b..9da16b274 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReader.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReader.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import org.springframework.oxm.Unmarshaller;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.xml.StaxUtils;
 
 /**
  * Item reader for reading XML input based on StAX.
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ ResourceAwareItemReaderItemStream<T>, InitializingBean {
 
 	private boolean strict = true;
 
-	private XMLInputFactory xmlInputFactory = StaxUtils.createXmlInputFactory();
+	private XMLInputFactory xmlInputFactory = StaxUtils.createDefensiveInputFactory();
 
 	private String encoding = DEFAULT_ENCODING;
 
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ ResourceAwareItemReaderItemStream<T>, InitializingBean {
 
 			try {
 				@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-				T mappedFragment = (T) unmarshaller.unmarshal(StaxUtils.getSource(fragmentReader));
+				T mappedFragment = (T) unmarshaller.unmarshal(StaxUtils.createStaxSource(fragmentReader));
 				item = mappedFragment;
 			}
 			finally {
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemWriter.java
index 48afcb9fa..7405c0daf 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemWriter.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemWriter.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.xml.StaxUtils;
 
 /**
  * An implementation of {@link ItemWriter} which uses StAX and
@@ -578,7 +579,7 @@ ResourceAwareItemWriterItemStream<T>, InitializingBean {
 	 * @return a result for writing to
 	 */
 	protected Result createStaxResult() {
-		return StaxUtils.getResult(eventWriter);
+		return StaxUtils.createStaxResult(eventWriter);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxUtils.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxUtils.java
index d6e816247..5c5dfa82b 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxUtils.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2006-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ import javax.xml.transform.stax.StAXSource;
  *
  * @author Josh Long
  * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
+ * 
+ * @deprecated in favor of {@link org.springframework.util.xml.StaxUtils}
  *
  */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract class StaxUtils {
 
 	public static Source getSource(XMLEventReader r) throws XMLStreamException {
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/builder/StaxEventItemReaderBuilder.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/builder/StaxEventItemReaderBuilder.java
index 0b7d9c026..8d2819ab5 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/builder/StaxEventItemReaderBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/builder/StaxEventItemReaderBuilder.java
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ import java.util.List;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.item.xml.StaxEventItemReader;
-import org.springframework.batch.item.xml.StaxUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.oxm.Unmarshaller;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.xml.StaxUtils;
 
 /**
  * A fluent builder for the {@link StaxEventItemReader}
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class StaxEventItemReaderBuilder<T> {
 
 	private int currentItemCount;
 
-	private XMLInputFactory xmlInputFactory = StaxUtils.createXmlInputFactory();
+	private XMLInputFactory xmlInputFactory = StaxUtils.createDefensiveInputFactory();
 
 	private String encoding = StaxEventItemReader.DEFAULT_ENCODING;
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReaderTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReaderTests.java
index 7d26143e3..0737324e3 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReaderTests.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.oxm.Unmarshaller;
 import org.springframework.oxm.UnmarshallingFailureException;
 import org.springframework.oxm.XmlMappingException;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.xml.StaxUtils;
 
 import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
 import javax.xml.stream.FactoryConfigurationError;
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ public class StaxEventItemReaderTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testMoveCursorToNextFragment() throws XMLStreamException, FactoryConfigurationError, IOException {
 		Resource resource = new ByteArrayResource(xml.getBytes());
-		XMLEventReader reader = StaxUtils.createXmlInputFactory().createXMLEventReader(resource.getInputStream());
+		XMLEventReader reader = StaxUtils.createDefensiveInputFactory().createXMLEventReader(resource.getInputStream());
 
 		final int EXPECTED_NUMBER_OF_FRAGMENTS = 2;
 		for (int i = 0; i < EXPECTED_NUMBER_OF_FRAGMENTS; i++) {
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ public class StaxEventItemReaderTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testMoveCursorToNextFragmentOnEmpty() throws XMLStreamException, FactoryConfigurationError, IOException {
 		Resource resource = new ByteArrayResource(emptyXml.getBytes());
-		XMLEventReader reader = StaxUtils.createXmlInputFactory().createXMLEventReader(resource.getInputStream());
+		XMLEventReader reader = StaxUtils.createDefensiveInputFactory().createXMLEventReader(resource.getInputStream());
 
 		assertFalse(source.moveCursorToNextFragment(reader));
 	}
@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ public class StaxEventItemReaderTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testMoveCursorToNextFragmentOnMissing() throws XMLStreamException, FactoryConfigurationError, IOException {
 		Resource resource = new ByteArrayResource(missingXml.getBytes());
-		XMLEventReader reader = StaxUtils.createXmlInputFactory().createXMLEventReader(resource.getInputStream());
+		XMLEventReader reader = StaxUtils.createDefensiveInputFactory().createXMLEventReader(resource.getInputStream());
 		assertFalse(source.moveCursorToNextFragment(reader));
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/DefaultFragmentEventReaderTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/DefaultFragmentEventReaderTests.java
index 325047725..5ef9092c5 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/DefaultFragmentEventReaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/DefaultFragmentEventReaderTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2008-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2008-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.item.xml.EventHelper;
-import org.springframework.batch.item.xml.StaxUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.util.xml.StaxUtils;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link DefaultFragmentEventReader}.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class DefaultFragmentEventReaderTests extends TestCase {
     @Override
 	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
 		Resource input = new ByteArrayResource(xml.getBytes());
-		eventReader = StaxUtils.createXmlInputFactory().createXMLEventReader(
+		eventReader = StaxUtils.createDefensiveInputFactory().createXMLEventReader(
 				input.getInputStream());
 		fragmentReader = new DefaultFragmentEventReader(eventReader);
 	}