diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9c921785b..b1ed636161 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         <dependency.httpclient.version>4.5.13</dependency.httpclient.version>
         <dependency.httpcore.version>4.4.15</dependency.httpcore.version>
         <dependency.commons-httpclient.version>3.1-HTTPCLIENT-1265</dependency.commons-httpclient.version>
-        <dependency.xercesImpl.version>2.12.1</dependency.xercesImpl.version>
+        <dependency.xercesImpl.version>2.12.2</dependency.xercesImpl.version>
         <dependency.slf4j.version>1.7.35</dependency.slf4j.version>
         <dependency.gytheio.version>0.12</dependency.gytheio.version>
         <dependency.groovy.version>3.0.9</dependency.groovy.version>