diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d6ad3a7f..86592fe19 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>xerces</groupId>
 				<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-				<version>2.7.1</version>
+				<version>2.12.0</version>
 				<scope>runtime</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>