diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 08d6dc3412da..086e62f487a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
     <snappy.version>0.2</snappy.version>
     <wadl-resourcedoc-doclet.version>1.4</wadl-resourcedoc-doclet.version>
     <velocity.version>1.5</velocity.version>
-    <xerces.version>2.9.1</xerces.version>
+    <xerces.version>2.12.2</xerces.version>
     <zookeeper.version>3.4.6</zookeeper.version>
     <jpam.version>1.1</jpam.version>
     <felix.version>2.4.0</felix.version>