diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 3d184080..d71f5271 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
                 <artifactId>woodstox-core-asl</artifactId>
-                <version>4.0.8</version>
+                <version>4.1.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>