diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe5f895cbf..33a48e868c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
         <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.9.1</version>
+        <version>2.10.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>