diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-dom4j/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-dom4j/pom.xml
index 182bcab11..084c0d35b 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-dom4j/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-dom4j/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.4</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-jdom/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-jdom/pom.xml
index 408b4e5a6..3181ced99 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-jdom/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-jdom/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.4</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-sax/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-sax/pom.xml
index c233d14e8..d49e676e2 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-sax/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-sax/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.4</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml
index ee17d0ce3..a234e68db 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.4</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xdoc/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xdoc/pom.xml
index dedda75e7..57b8f7c43 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xdoc/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xdoc/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.4</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xpp3/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xpp3/pom.xml
index bbb99c684..c3ec1e9de 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xpp3/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xpp3/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.4</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>