diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6cc585ef..4d1b7307 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xerces</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.9.0</version>
+                <version>2.12.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>