diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2bbaec958f..3ada13f011 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xerces</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.11.0</version>
+                <version>2.12.0</version>
                 <!--  <version>2.8.0</version> in xmlui -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>