diff --git a/openqa.retriever.triplestore/pom.xml b/openqa.retriever.triplestore/pom.xml
index 44560be..a78c6c5 100644
--- a/openqa.retriever.triplestore/pom.xml
+++ b/openqa.retriever.triplestore/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>xerces</groupId>
   		<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-  		<version>2.8.0</version>
+  		<version>2.12.0</version>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.aksw.openqa</groupId>