diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44c8fce..503383d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
             <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.4</version>
+            <version>2.9.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>