diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-jsonschema/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-jsonschema/pom.xml
index d529829bd..1d7741893 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-jsonschema/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-jsonschema/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xerces</groupId>
       <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.12.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>