diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f3fe33..72a46c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
             <artifactId>woodstox-core-asl</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.8</version>
+            <version>4.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <reporting>