diff --git a/com.ibm.streamsx.hdfs/pom.xml b/com.ibm.streamsx.hdfs/pom.xml
index 8c77a0a..9ad8820 100644
--- a/com.ibm.streamsx.hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/com.ibm.streamsx.hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
 			<artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-			<version>6.2.1</version>
+			<version>6.4.0</version>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>*</groupId>