diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 131780b951..1f4b2ffc72 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
         <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.3</version>
+        <version>2.10.0</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>