diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eb3319258e9..ecb2ca3b2d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
         <com.ibm.jbatch.spi.version>2.1.1</com.ibm.jbatch.spi.version>
         <webservices.version>4.0.3.payara-p1</webservices.version>
         <org.apache.santuario.version>4.0.0</org.apache.santuario.version>
-        <woodstox.version>6.5.1</woodstox.version>
+        <woodstox.version>6.6.2</woodstox.version>
         <woodstock-jsf.version>5.0.0</woodstock-jsf.version>
         <woodstock-jsf-suntheme.version>5.0.0.payara-p1</woodstock-jsf-suntheme.version>
         <angus.activation.version>1.0.0</angus.activation.version>