diff --git a/modello-plugins/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/pom.xml
index bbbd8cca1..4ffd34fb1 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
         <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.11.0</version>
+        <version>2.12.0</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>