diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 578cb6b2..88dc53d5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-matchers</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7.0</version>
+      <version>2.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>