diff --git a/ccm-core/pom.xml b/ccm-core/pom.xml
index cc19e2cdf..d18abe4ff 100644
--- a/ccm-core/pom.xml
+++ b/ccm-core/pom.xml
@@ -254,10 +254,6 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency> <!-- better xml library -->
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
-            <artifactId>woodstox-core-asl</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency> <!-- for csv ex-/import -->
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-csv</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 554152af2..05005a056 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -718,17 +718,10 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>2.9.8</version>
+                <version>2.11.0</version>
                 <scope>import</scope>
                 <type>pom</type>
             </dependency>
-
-            <!-- better xml library -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
-                <artifactId>woodstox-core-asl</artifactId>
-                <version>4.4.1</version>
-            </dependency>
             
             <!-- PostgreSQL JDBC Driver -->
             <dependency>