diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index 9d73234..5e3cec1 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
             <!-- Cut dependency to crimson to try to fix Tomcat vertion problem. -->
             <groupId>xerces</groupId> 
             <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.0</version>
+            <version>2.12.2</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>