diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c0bc4ecb7fd..0a0172d2d59 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
     <tomcat-juli.version>10.0.23</tomcat-juli.version>
     <velocity.version>1.7</velocity.version>
     <wiremock.version>2.35.0</wiremock.version>
-    <woodstox.version>6.5.0</woodstox.version>
+    <woodstox.version>6.6.1</woodstox.version>
     <xmlunit.version>2.9.0</xmlunit.version>
     <xz.version>1.9</xz.version>