diff --git a/test-pom/pom.xml b/test-pom/pom.xml
index 375f3ee1e44472ca2b627640eaffa9e68d5fba9a..534f673420139b49d7d7bc755b77c8a1e471d855 100644
--- a/test-pom/pom.xml
+++ b/test-pom/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>jenkins-test-harness</artifactId>
-      <version>2.42</version>
+      <version>2.46</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -146,17 +146,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
       <version>1.3</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency><!-- we exclude this transient dependency from htmlunit, which we actually need in the test -->
-      <groupId>xalan</groupId>
-      <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7.2</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-          <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <!-- for testing JNLP launch. -->
       <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson</groupId>