diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f5c847bb..4079f53c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xerces</groupId>
       <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.1</version>
+      <version>2.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>nu.validator.htmlparser</groupId>