diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-dom4j/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-dom4j/pom.xml
index 3d08c1cab..7b1840a1f 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-dom4j/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-dom4j/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.1</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 f4f5d39db..03e595b75 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-jdom/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-jdom/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.1</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 33ca8e511..b9e369126 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-sax/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-sax/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.1</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 dbd8eaa10..cb9ebbfcc 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-stax/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xdoc/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xdoc/pom.xml
index e835bc02b..b3ffb61d8 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xdoc/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xdoc/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.1</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 edc58261a..01623d033 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xpp3/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xpp3/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/modello-plugins/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/pom.xml
index 663330d82..2096c1a8a 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@
     <module>modello-plugin-velocity</module>
   </modules>
 
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
+        <version>2.10.0</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>