diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6416ab2d..1112db17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ alternative support for serializing POJOs as XML and deserializing XML as pojos.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
       <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-      <version>6.6.2</version>
+      <version>6.7.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
 	  <groupId>javax.xml.stream</groupId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 191203db..e75252e5 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ No changes since 2.17
 #657: Nesting depth in `XmlReadContext` is not incremented/decremented on
   JsonToken.START_OBJECT/JsonToken.END_OBJECT
  (reported by @AlexUg)
+* Upgrade Woodstox to 6.7.0 (dependency fixes)
 
 2.17.1 (04-May-2024)