diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e437e77..1ad5b90 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
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@@ -505,12 +505,12 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@xmldom/xmldom/-/xmldom-0.9.6.tgz",
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       "dev": true,
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=10.0.0"
+        "node": ">=14.6"
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     "node_modules/abbrev": {
@@ -2898,9 +2898,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@xmldom/xmldom/-/xmldom-0.8.10.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2WALfTl4xo2SkGCYRt6rDTFfk9R1czmBvUQy12gK2KuRKIpWEhcbbzy8EZXtz/jkRqHX8bFEc6FC1HjX4TUWYw==",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@xmldom/xmldom/-/xmldom-0.9.6.tgz",
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fcdab37..f1c5488 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "author": "VIB Bioinformatics Core Faciliy <bits@vib.be>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@xmldom/xmldom": "0.8.10",
+    "@xmldom/xmldom": "0.9.6",
     "ava": "6.1.3",
     "esbuild": "0.23.1"
   },