diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5aba69f7..f4ba3aca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>tidy-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.3.0</version>
+                    <version>1.4.0</version>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <id>check-pom</id>