diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 509ee285..7d1f753b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
         <plexus-build-api.version>0.0.7</plexus-build-api.version>
 
         <!-- JAXB tooling versions -->
-        <jaxb.version>3.0.2</jaxb.version>
+        <jaxb.version>4.0.4</jaxb.version>
         <stax-ex.version>2.1.0</stax-ex.version>
         <qdox.version>2.0.2</qdox.version>
         <asm.version>9.6</asm.version>