diff --git a/maven-ant-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-ant-plugin/pom.xml
index e7feffd3a4..bb70418a1d 100644
--- a/maven-ant-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-ant-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xalan</groupId>
       <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7.0</version>
+      <version>2.7.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>