diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3090ce637..b09a35295 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xmlunit</groupId>
             <artifactId>xmlunit</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2</version>
+            <version>1.6</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>