diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index 5b578fa49d..4c881cbd24 100644
--- a/dspace-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/pom.xml
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@
           <dependency>
               <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
               <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-              <version>2.9.1</version>
+              <version>2.10.0</version>
               <scope>test</scope>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>