diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 78a28c319a..c06a62b9f4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
                 <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-                <version>6.5.1</version>
+                <version>6.6.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.hbase.thirdparty</groupId>