diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index 5ac7000b76d1..9e7dbf08629b 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <dependency><!-- StAX implementation. See HUDSON-2547. -->
         <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
         <artifactId>wstx-asl</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.9</version>
+        <version>4.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>