diff --git a/exist-parent/pom.xml b/exist-parent/pom.xml
index 5cc687279c0..3b898547fab 100644
--- a/exist-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-parent/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         <lucene.version>4.10.4</lucene.version>
         <milton.version>1.8.1.3</milton.version>
         <milton.servlet.version>1.8.1.3-jakarta5</milton.servlet.version>
-        <saxon.version>9.9.1-8</saxon.version>
+        <saxon.version>12.0</saxon.version>
         <xmlresolver.version>4.6.4</xmlresolver.version>
         <xmlunit.version>2.9.1</xmlunit.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>