diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 403ba3cc26..f219225196 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
         <spring.version>7.0.7</spring.version>
         <wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
         <xmlbeans.version>5.3.0</xmlbeans.version>
-        <xmlunit.version>2.11.0</xmlunit.version>
+        <xmlunit.version>2.12.0</xmlunit.version>
         <xml_resolver.version>1.2</xml_resolver.version>
         <commons.cli.version>1.11.0</commons.cli.version>
         <!-- The build failing if tests are skipped is very annoying -->