diff --git a/phoenix-assembly/pom.xml b/phoenix-assembly/pom.xml
index b0d71fd70..081918ae9 100644
--- a/phoenix-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/phoenix-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
       <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.2.0</version>
+      <version>5.4.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>