diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f6eb116fd2..6ca95404cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>xerces</groupId>
             <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.1</version>
+            <version>2.12.0</version>
             <!--  <version>2.8.0</version> in xmlui -->
          </dependency>
          <dependency>