diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44c424378..4bfff1bf2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <guava.version>33.1.0-jre</guava.version>
     <javassist.version>3.30.2-GA</javassist.version>
     <wss4j.version>2.3.2</wss4j.version>
-    <xmlunit.version>2.9.1</xmlunit.version>
+    <xmlunit.version>2.10.0</xmlunit.version>
     <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
     <theories.version>0.12.0</theories.version>