diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-converters/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-converters/pom.xml
index 93d0ec62e..e9e073c23 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-converters/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-converters/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
       <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-      <version>7.1.1</version>
+      <version>7.2.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!--      needed for modello compiler test(inside)-->
diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml
index a9ed44512..56834b944 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
       <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-      <version>7.1.1</version>
+      <version>7.2.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>