diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b69416c..d0b9ccb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.7.0</version>
+      <version>4.8.0</version>
       <exclusions>
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         <exclusion>