diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 0964b0e6b..a1149c244 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <opensaml.version>5.0.0</opensaml.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.11</slf4j.version>
         <wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
-        <woodstox.version>6.5.1</woodstox.version>
+        <woodstox.version>6.6.0</woodstox.version>
         <xz.version>1.9</xz.version>
         <xmlsec.version>4.0.1</xmlsec.version>
         <xmlunit.version>2.9.1</xmlunit.version>