diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 0b66cde603..14d7203235 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 		<webjars-locator.version>0.32-1</webjars-locator.version>
 		<wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
 		<xml-apis.version>1.4.01</xml-apis.version>
-		<xmlunit2.version>2.5.0</xmlunit2.version>
+		<xmlunit2.version>2.5.1</xmlunit2.version>
 		<!-- Plugin versions -->
 		<build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.0.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
 		<exec-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>