diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-converters/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-converters/pom.xml
index 8b064ac36..513b852f7 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-converters/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-converters/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
       <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-      <version>7.2.1</version>
+      <version>7.2.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!--      needed for modello compiler test(inside)-->
diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml
index 4a91464f2..c08237af9 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
       <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-      <version>7.2.1</version>
+      <version>7.2.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>