diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-dom4j/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-dom4j/pom.xml
index f4c604840..685fbbd43 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-dom4j/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-dom4j/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2</version>
+      <version>1.6</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-jdom/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-jdom/pom.xml
index 72420fd5b..de363061c 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-jdom/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-jdom/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2</version>
+      <version>1.6</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-sax/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-sax/pom.xml
index 75b9f5ab1..2e0cb41a7 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-sax/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-sax/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2</version>
+      <version>1.6</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml
index 6e2699d1d..574d40c9b 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2</version>
+      <version>1.6</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xpp3/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xpp3/pom.xml
index 41da3c91b..7700d9625 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xpp3/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xpp3/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2</version>
+      <version>1.6</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>