diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a92e8fd..ba6bdf3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.3</version>
+      <version>2.8.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>