diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 07e138c0c50..15e0d8e041c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
           <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-          <version>2.10.1</version>
+          <version>2.10.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- transitive dependency update for CVE-2024-7254 -->
         <dependency>