diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7678ccce6..57a4c6d09 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xerces</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.0</version>
+                <version>2.12.2</version>
             </dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>