diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 0157ef509bf..6a463905d92 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
         <cxf.velocity.version>2.4.1</cxf.velocity.version>
         <cxf.wildfly.common.version>2.0.1</cxf.wildfly.common.version>
         <cxf.wiremock.version>3.13.2</cxf.wiremock.version>
-        <cxf.woodstox.core.version>7.2.1</cxf.woodstox.core.version>
+        <cxf.woodstox.core.version>7.2.2</cxf.woodstox.core.version>
         <cxf.woodstox.stax2-api.version>4.2.1</cxf.woodstox.stax2-api.version>
         <cxf.wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</cxf.wsdl4j.version>
         <cxf.jakarta.wss4j.version>4.0.1</cxf.jakarta.wss4j.version>