diff --git a/openqa.interpreter.tbsl/pom.xml b/openqa.interpreter.tbsl/pom.xml
index 74df627..b46f3d8 100644
--- a/openqa.interpreter.tbsl/pom.xml
+++ b/openqa.interpreter.tbsl/pom.xml
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>xerces</groupId>
     	<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-    	<version>2.8.0</version>
+    	<version>2.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>