diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3476df6..12297f2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version>
         <jsoncompare.version>2.38</jsoncompare.version>
-        <xmlunit.version>2.8.4</xmlunit.version>
+        <xmlunit.version>2.9.0</xmlunit.version>
         <surefire.version>3.0.0-M5</surefire.version>
         <jackson.version>2.13.1</jackson.version>
         <spring-expression-version>5.3.15</spring-expression-version>