diff --git a/plugins/transforms/xml/pom.xml b/plugins/transforms/xml/pom.xml
index e06c13164e..3a57cd2cd7 100644
--- a/plugins/transforms/xml/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/transforms/xml/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     <properties>
         <dom4j.version>2.1.3</dom4j.version>
         <jaxen.version>1.2.0</jaxen.version>
+        <stax2.version>4.2.2</stax2.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -52,6 +53,11 @@
             <artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
             <version>${jaxen.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
+            <artifactId>stax2-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${stax2.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dom4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/transforms/xml/src/assembly/assembly.xml b/plugins/transforms/xml/src/assembly/assembly.xml
index 23615385b9..644b840ac7 100644
--- a/plugins/transforms/xml/src/assembly/assembly.xml
+++ b/plugins/transforms/xml/src/assembly/assembly.xml
@@ -63,5 +63,11 @@
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>lib/core</outputDirectory>
         </dependencySet>
+        <dependencySet>
+            <includes>
+                <include>org.codehaus.woodstox:stax2-api:jar</include>
+            </includes>
+            <outputDirectory>lib/core</outputDirectory>
+        </dependencySet>
     </dependencySets>
 </assembly>
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