diff --git a/pitest-aggregator/pom.xml b/pitest-aggregator/pom.xml
index d0489a17e..821b6903a 100644
--- a/pitest-aggregator/pom.xml
+++ b/pitest-aggregator/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
-			<version>2.17.0</version>
+			<version>2.18.8</version>
 		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>