diff --git a/trunk/pom.xml b/trunk/pom.xml
index 588179a..5bbb68e 100644
--- a/trunk/pom.xml
+++ b/trunk/pom.xml
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>xerces</groupId>
         <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1</version>
+        <version>2.12.0</version>
         <type>jar</type>
         <scope>compile</scope>
       </dependency>