diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc75b1f7ce..a4bd0df934 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@
         <spring.version>5.3.2</spring.version>
         <wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
         <xalan.version>2.7.2</xalan.version>
-        <xmlbeans.version>2.6.0</xmlbeans.version>
+        <xmlbeans.version>4.0.0</xmlbeans.version>
         <xml_resolver.version>1.2</xml_resolver.version>
         <commons.cli.version>1.4</commons.cli.version>
         <!-- The build failing if tests are skipped is very annoying -->