diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb15f54035..f5a387a1d1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
         <spring.version>5.3.20</spring.version>
         <wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
         <xalan.version>2.7.2</xalan.version>
-        <xmlbeans.version>3.0.1</xmlbeans.version>
+        <xmlbeans.version>5.1.0</xmlbeans.version>
         <xml_resolver.version>1.2</xml_resolver.version>
         <commons.cli.version>1.5.0</commons.cli.version>
         <!-- The build failing if tests are skipped is very annoying -->