diff --git a/packages/jsii-rosetta/package.json b/packages/jsii-rosetta/package.json
index d3d28e34dc..3b36156166 100644
--- a/packages/jsii-rosetta/package.json
+++ b/packages/jsii-rosetta/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "commonmark": "^0.29.2",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "typescript": "~3.9.7",
-    "xmldom": "^0.3.0",
+    "xmldom": "^0.5.0",
     "yargs": "^16.0.3"
   },
   "jest": {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 38f612603c..f8ca67bbeb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9443,10 +9443,10 @@ xmlchars@^2.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xmlchars/-/xmlchars-2.2.0.tgz#060fe1bcb7f9c76fe2a17db86a9bc3ab894210cb"
   integrity sha512-JZnDKK8B0RCDw84FNdDAIpZK+JuJw+s7Lz8nksI7SIuU3UXJJslUthsi+uWBUYOwPFwW7W7PRLRfUKpxjtjFCw==
 
-xmldom@^0.3.0:
-  version "0.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xmldom/-/xmldom-0.3.0.tgz#e625457f4300b5df9c2e1ecb776147ece47f3e5a"
-  integrity sha512-z9s6k3wxE+aZHgXYxSTpGDo7BYOUfJsIRyoZiX6HTjwpwfS2wpQBQKa2fD+ShLyPkqDYo5ud7KitmLZ2Cd6r0g==
+xmldom@^0.5.0:
+  version "0.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xmldom/-/xmldom-0.5.0.tgz#193cb96b84aa3486127ea6272c4596354cb4962e"
+  integrity sha512-Foaj5FXVzgn7xFzsKeNIde9g6aFBxTPi37iwsno8QvApmtg7KYrr+OPyRHcJF7dud2a5nGRBXK3n0dL62Gf7PA==
 
 xtend@~4.0.1:
   version "4.0.2"