diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ded55e4e..eed5f947 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			 <groupId>xerces</groupId>
 			 <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-			 <version>2.12.1</version>
+			 <version>2.12.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			 <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>