diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ecaa457..7604aec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>xerces</groupId>
             <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.1</version>
+            <version>2.12.2</version>
             <!--  <version>2.8.0</version> in xmlui -->
          </dependency>
          <dependency>