diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d84ca019c..5114d6153 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ under the License.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
         <artifactId>xmlunit-matchers</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.3</version>
+        <version>2.7.0</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>