diff --git a/dhx-adapter-ws/pom.xml b/dhx-adapter-ws/pom.xml
index 46882527..36fc7931 100644
--- a/dhx-adapter-ws/pom.xml
+++ b/dhx-adapter-ws/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
 			<artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-			<version>5.3.0</version>
+			<version>5.4.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>