diff --git a/VersionReaderTask/package-lock.json b/VersionReaderTask/package-lock.json
index 77d9c0d..6ef7b8b 100644
--- a/VersionReaderTask/package-lock.json
+++ b/VersionReaderTask/package-lock.json
@@ -1173,9 +1173,9 @@
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     },
     "xmldom": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xmldom/-/xmldom-0.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-z9s6k3wxE+aZHgXYxSTpGDo7BYOUfJsIRyoZiX6HTjwpwfS2wpQBQKa2fD+ShLyPkqDYo5ud7KitmLZ2Cd6r0g=="
+      "version": "0.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xmldom/-/xmldom-0.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Foaj5FXVzgn7xFzsKeNIde9g6aFBxTPi37iwsno8QvApmtg7KYrr+OPyRHcJF7dud2a5nGRBXK3n0dL62Gf7PA=="
     },
     "xpath": {
       "version": "0.0.27",
diff --git a/VersionReaderTask/package.json b/VersionReaderTask/package.json
index a86af77..e6554fc 100644
--- a/VersionReaderTask/package.json
+++ b/VersionReaderTask/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
     "azure-pipelines-task-lib": "^2.9.3",
-    "xmldom": "^0.3.0",
+    "xmldom": "^0.5.0",
     "xpath": "0.0.27"
   },
   "devDependencies": {