diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bfca488403a..4273739e9d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
           <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-          <version>2.11.0</version>
+          <version>2.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- transitive dependency update for CVE-2024-7254 -->
         <dependency>