diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 135ada9c6..7e8ca3514 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xerces</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.11.0</version>
+                <version>2.12.0</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>