diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index eacd790725..942d1363bf 100644
--- a/dspace-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/pom.xml
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
             <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.2</version>
+            <version>2.10.3</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>