diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8bfaebe0..77950915 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>woodstox</groupId>
                 <artifactId>wstx-asl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.9.3</version>
+                <version>3.0.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>jdom</groupId>
@@ -692,4 +692,4 @@
 
     </dependencies>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>