diff --git a/calvalus-snap/pom.xml b/calvalus-snap/pom.xml
index f8a922654..3a25d7b54 100644
--- a/calvalus-snap/pom.xml
+++ b/calvalus-snap/pom.xml
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xerces</groupId>
             <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.0</version>
+            <version>2.12.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
diff --git a/calvalus-wps-impl/pom.xml b/calvalus-wps-impl/pom.xml
index 631f61b02..3d6ee7ae5 100644
--- a/calvalus-wps-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/calvalus-wps-impl/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xerces</groupId>
             <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.0</version>
+            <version>2.12.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c0a61f1f1..a22383ea1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xerces</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.11.0</version>
+                <version>2.12.2</version>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>