diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a42ee78f67..72570e8655a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     <httpclient.version>4.5.14</httpclient.version>
     <httpcore.version>4.4.16</httpcore.version>
     <jackson.version>2.16.1</jackson.version>
-    <woodstox-core.version>6.5.1</woodstox-core.version>
+    <woodstox-core.version>6.6.1</woodstox-core.version>
     <!-- When updating this to the latest version, we're getting errors in the opcua server tests -->
     <jaxb.version>4.0.4</jaxb.version>
     <!-- Starting with Jetty 12 Java 17 is required -->