diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2637f93a..cdd4aa13 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 		<soap-api.version>1.4.0</soap-api.version>
 		<spring.version>5.3.7</spring.version>
 		<spring-security.version>5.5.0</spring-security.version>
-		<stax.version>1.7.8</stax.version>
+		<stax.version>1.8.3</stax.version>
 		<sun-mail.version>1.6.0</sun-mail.version>
 		<woodstox.version>4.2.0</woodstox.version>
 		<wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
diff --git a/spring-ws-support/.gitignore b/spring-ws-support/.gitignore
index 27399402..e65da4b5 100644
--- a/spring-ws-support/.gitignore
+++ b/spring-ws-support/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ target
 .classpath
 .project
 .settings
-
+data